prince - Fürst; Prinz, Königssohn, Königsenkel, König
pauper - verarmt; Bettelknabe, Armer, Unterstützungsempfänger
mark - Markus
twain - zwei
Chapter - Kapitel, Abschnitt, Verband, Ortsverband, Sektion
birth - Geburt; Niederkunft, Ursprung, Herkunft
In the ancient city of London, on a certain autumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty, who did not want him. On the same day another English child was born to a rich family of the name of Tudor, who did want him. All England wanted him too. England had so longed for him, and hoped for him, and prayed God for him, that, now that he was really come, the people went nearly mad for joy. Mere acquaintances hugged and kissed each other and cried. Everybody took a holiday, and high and low, rich and poor, feasted and danced and sang, and got very mellow; and they kept this up for days and nights together. By day, London was a sight to see, with gay banners waving from every balcony and housetop, and splendid pageants marching along. by night, it was again a sight to see, with its great bonfires at every corner, and its troops of revellers making merry around them.
ancient - alt, uralt, antik
Certain - gewiss, sicher, irgendein, bestimmt
Sixteenth - sechzehnte; Sechzehntel
longed for - ersehnte
hoped for - erhoffte
prayed - gebetet; Bitte bedenken Sie doch!; beten
God - Gott
nearly - beinahe, fast
mad - wahnsinnig, verrückt, toll, irre
joy - Wonne (Freude, Vergnügen); Freude (über)
mere - einfach; nur, schier, bloß
acquaintances - Bekanntschaft, Umgang, Bekannter, Bekannte
hugged - umarmt; Umarmung, umarmen
kissed - geküsst; küssen
cried - geweint hat; weinen, schreien, schreien, rufen, Weinen
feasted - geschlemmt; Fest, Festgelage; feiern
mellow - zart, weich
sight - Sehenswürdigkeit, Gesicht, Visier, erblicken, anvisieren
gay - vergnügt, schwul, homosexuell, lustig, heiter
banners - Banner, Fahne, Spruchbanner
waving - (wave) wehen, winken mit, flattern; (wave) (wave) wehen
balcony - Balkon
housetop - Hausdach; Dach
splendid - glänzend; prächtig; hervorragend
pageants - Festspiele; Festzug, Aufzug, Umzug, Festumzug, Spektakel
along - entlang, längs, weiter
by night - nachts
bonfires - Lagerfeuer; Freudenfeuer
corner - Ecke, Winkel, in die Enge treiben
troops - Truppe-p
revellers - Feiernder, Feiernde, Schwelger, Schwelgerin, Nachtschwärmer
merry - fröhlich, heiter
There was no talk in all England but of the new baby, Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales, who lay lapped in silks and satins, unconscious of all this fuss, and not knowing that great lords and ladies were tending him and watching over him-and not caring, either. But there was no talk about the other baby, Tom Canty, lapped in his poor rags, except among the family of paupers whom he had just come to trouble with his presence.
Edward - Eduard
Wales - Wales
lay - legen; richten (Tisch)
lapped - überrundet; Schoß
silks - Seiden; Seide, Seide
satins - Satine; Satin, Satinstoff, Satintuch
unconscious - bewusstlos; spontan, unbewusst, unterbewusst, Unbewusstes
fuss - Aufregung; Lärm, Wirbel, Aufstand, Gehabe
lords - Herrschaften; Gebieter, Herr, herrschen
ladies - Damen; Herrin des Hauses, Hausherrin, Ehefrau des Hausherrn
tending - pflegend; abzielen
either - auch nicht; beide; auch, ebenso, ebenfalls, entweder, entweder
rags - Fummel, Lumpen, Putzlappen, Unfug
Except - ausnehmen, ausklammern, ausschließen, widersprechen, außer
among - unter, zwischen, untereinander
paupers - Bettler; Bettelknabe, Armer, Unterstützungsempfänger
whom - wen; wem; dem, der, den, die
trouble - Probleme; Ärger; Schwierigkeit; Anstrengung, Bemühung, Mühe
presence - Anwesenheit
Let us skip a number of years.
skip - überspringen, hüpfen, springen; Sprung
London was fifteen hundred years old, and was a great town-for that day. It had a hundred thousand inhabitants-some think double as many. The streets were very narrow, and crooked, and dirty, especially in the part where Tom Canty lived, which was not far from London Bridge. The houses were of wood, with the second story projecting over the first, and the third sticking its elbows out beyond the second.
inhabitants - Einwohner, Einwohnerin, Bewohner, Bewohnerin
double - doppelt; doppel-; doppellagig, zweilagig, gefüllt, kontra-
narrow - eng, schmal, knapp
crooked - schief; (to crook) sich krümmen
especially - besonders, extra, speziell, außergewöhnlich, originell
Bridge - überbrücken, eine Brücke schlagen; Einschraubbrücke; Brücke
wood - Holz
third - dritte; Dritter, Dritte, Drittel, Drittel, Terz, dreiteilen
sticking - klebend, festklebend; (stick) klebend, festklebend
elbows - Ellbogen, Rohrbogen, Ellbogenstoß, ellbögeln
beyond - darüber hinaus; jenseits
The higher the houses grew, the broader they grew. They were skeletons of strong criss-cross beams, with solid material between, coated with plaster. The beams were painted red or blue or black, according to the owner’s taste, and this gave the houses a very picturesque look. The windows were small, glazed with little diamond-shaped panes, and they opened outward, on hinges, like doors.
broader - breiter; breit, deutliche, großräumig
skeletons - Skelette; Not-, Gerippe, provisorisch, Knochengerüst
Cross - Kreuz; Kreuzzeichen; Kreuzung; Cross; Flanke; quer; entgegengesetzt
beams - Balken, Balken, Breite, Pflugbaum, Grindel, Strahl, Balken
solid - fest, massiv, kompakt, deftig, solide, robust, bündig
material - materiell; Material, Rohstoff
plaster - Gips; Salbe, Creme, Putz, Verputz, Stuck
according - nach; Übereinstimmung, Einvernehmen
taste - Geschmack, Schmecken, kosten, probieren
picturesque - malerisch; q
glazed - glasiert; Glasur, Lasur, Reif, glasieren, lasieren
diamond - Stern, Diamant
shaped - geformt; Zustand, Form, Form, Form, Gestalt, Form
panes - Scheiben; Scheibe, Fensterscheibe
outward - nach außen; äußerlich, auswärts
hinges - Scharniere; Angel, Scharnier
The house which Tom’s father lived in was up a foul little pocket called Offal Court, out of Pudding Lane. It was small, decayed, and rickety, but it was packed full of wretchedly poor families. Canty’s tribe occupied a room on the third floor. The mother and father had a sort of bedstead in the corner; but Tom, his grandmother, and his two sisters, Bet and Nan, were not restricted-they had all the floor to themselves, and might sleep where they chose.
foul - schmutzig
Pocket - Tasche
offal - Innereien
Court - Hof, Hofstaat, Gericht, Gerichtshof, Platz, werben
pudding - Blutwurst; Pudding; Pudding (1; 2; 4) checkAuflauf
lane - Fahrspur; Gasse; Spur, Route
decayed - Verfall, Verwesung, Fäulnis, verfallen, verderben, faulen, de
rickety - wackelig, wacklig, klapprig, gebrechlich, rachitisch
packed - verpackt; packen, einpacken; packen (verstauen); Bündel, Meute
wretchedly - erbärmlich
tribe - Stamm, Volksstamm, Sippe, Volk
occupied - besetzt; in Anspruch nehmen, belegen, bewohnen, besetzen
sort - Sortierung, Gattung, Art, Sorte; sortieren, ordnen
bedstead - Bettgestell, Bettrahmen
bet - Wetteinsatz, wetten, Wette; riskieren
restricted - eingeschränkt; beschränken, begrenzen
themselves - selbst; sich; sich selber
There were the remains of a blanket or two, and some bundles of ancient and dirty straw, but these could not rightly be called beds, for they were not organised; they were kicked into a general pile, mornings, and selections made from the mass at night, for service.
remains - bleibt; Überrest (2), de
blanket - Decke, Wolldecke, Bettdecke, Schicht, Lage, allgemein
bundles - Bündel
straw - Halm, Strohhalm, Stroh, strohfarben, strohgelb, Stroh-
rightly - zurecht, zu Recht, richtig
organised - organisiert; gliedern, organisieren, einrichten, ordnen
kicked - getreten; treten, (Pferd) ausschlagen; Stoß
general - allgemein, generell, General
pile - Haufen, Pfahl, Pulk
selections - Auswahlen; Anwahl, Auswahl, Wahl, qualifier
mass - Masse; Messe (kirchlich), Gottesdienst, Menge
service - warten; Bedienung, Dienstleistung, Betrieb
Bet and Nan were fifteen years old-twins. They were good-hearted girls, unclean, clothed in rags, and profoundly ignorant. Their mother was like them. But the father and the grandmother were a couple of fiends. They got drunk whenever they could; then they fought each other or anybody else who came in the way; they cursed and swore always, drunk or sober; John Canty was a thief, and his mother a beggar. They made beggars of the children, but failed to make thieves of them.
twins - Zwillinge; doppelt, Zwilling
hearted - herzlichen; Herz, Herzstück
unclean - unrein, gemein
clothed - bekleidet; Stoff, Tuch
profoundly - zutiefst; tief
ignorant - unwissend; ignorant
couple - Paar; einige, ein paar
fiends - Unholde; Dämon, Dämonin, böser Geist, Teufel, Monster
got drunk - berauschte
whenever - wann auch immer
fought - gekämpft; Kampf, Schlacht
Anybody - Ist da jemand; jemand, wer
cursed - verflucht, verfluchte; (curs) verflucht, verfluchte
swore - geschworen; schwören
sober - nüchtern, besonnen, ernst, gedeckt, ernüchtern, ausnüchtern
thief - Dieb, Diebin
beggars - Bettler, Bettlerin
failed - gescheitert; mangelhaft (Zensur 5)
thieves - Diebe; Dieb, Diebin
Among, but not of, the dreadful rabble that inhabited the house, was a good old priest whom the King had turned out of house and home with a pension of a few farthings, and he used to get the children aside and teach them right ways secretly. Father Andrew also taught Tom a little Latin, and how to read and write; and would have done the same with the girls, but they were afraid of the jeers of their friends, who could not have endured such a queer accomplishment in them.
dreadful - furchtbar, schrecklich
rabble - Pöbel, Gesindel
inhabited - bewohnt; bewohnen
priest - Priester, Priesterin, Pfarrer, Pfarrerin; (prey); Beute; lauern
king - König
pension - Rente; Pension; in den Ruhestand versetzen
farthings - Groschen, Heller, Pfifferling, Pfennig
aside - beiseite, zur Seite
secretly - heimlich, insgeheim
Andrew - Andreas, Andreas
Latin - lateinisch, Latein
jeers - Johlen; (to jeer) spotten, verhöhnen, sticheln
endured - ertragen, aushalten, dulden, von Bestand sein
such - solch, derartig, so ein
queer - seltsam; unwohl; schwul, lesbisch, queer, Queers, Homosexueller
accomplishment - Ausführung; Fertigkeit, Errungenschaft, Fähigkeit, Leistung
All Offal Court was just such another hive as Canty’s house. Drunkenness, riot and brawling were the order, there, every night and nearly all night long. Broken heads were as common as hunger in that place. Yet little Tom was not unhappy. He had a hard time of it, but did not know it. It was the sort of time that all the Offal Court boys had, therefore he supposed it was the correct and comfortable thing.
hive - Bienenstock
drunkenness - Trunkenheit, Betrunkenheit, Alkoholberauschung
riot - Aufruhr, Tumult, Krawall, Randale
brawling - Schlägerei; zankend, krakeelend; (brawl) Schlägerei; zankend
hunger - hungern; Hunger
unhappy - unglücklich
therefore - deswegen, deshalb, darum, also (folglich), daher
supposed - angenommen; annehmen, vermuten, vermeinen, vermuten, annehmen
comfortable - komfortabel, bequem, behaglich, kommod, gemütlich
When he came home empty-handed at night, he knew his father would Curse him and thrash him first, and that when he was done the awful grandmother would do it all over again and improve on it; and that away in the night his starving mother would slip to him stealthily with any miserable scrap or crust she had been able to save for him by going hungry herself, notwithstanding she was often caught in that sort of treason and soundly beaten for it by her husband.
empty - leer; leeren, entleeren, ausleeren, leer machen
Curse him - Hol ihn der Teufel!
thrash - verprügeln; schlagen, dreschen, zusammenschlagen, eindreschen
awful - schrecklich, furchtbar, schrecklich (1), checkfurchtbar (1)
Starving - Hungrig; hungernd; (starve); verhungern, Hungers sterben
slip - Ausrutscher; Versprecher; Rutschen (geradeaus); Lapsus
stealthily - heimlich, verstohlen
miserable - unglücklich; elend, erbärmlich, jämmerlich, miserabel
scrap - ausrangieren; Abfallholz, Teil, Schrott
crust - Kruste, Rinde
save - retten; erretten; sichern, speichern, sparen, aufbewahren (2)
notwithstanding - ungeachtet dessen
caught - erwischt; Fang, Fang, Haken, Fang, fangen, fangen, einfangen
treason - Verrat, Landesverrat
soundly - solide; gründlich, ordentlich
beaten - besiegt; Schlag; jdn. bezwingen
No, Tom’s life went along well enough, especially in summer.
He only begged just enough to save himself, for the laws against mendicancy were stringent, and the penalties heavy; so he put in a good deal of his time listening to good Father Andrew’s charming old tales and legends about giants and fairies, dwarfs and genii, and enchanted castles, and gorgeous kings and princes. His head grew to be full of these wonderful things, and many a night as he lay in the dark on his scant and offensive straw, tired, hungry, and smarting from a thrashing, he unleashed his imagination and soon forgot his aches and pains in delicious picturings to himself of the charmed life of a petted prince in a regal palace. One desire came in time to haunt him day and night: it was to see a real prince, with his own eyes. He spoke of it once to some of his Offal Court comrades; but they jeered him and scoffed him so unmercifully that he was glad to keep his dream to himself after that.
begged - gebettelt; Männchen machen; etwas erbitten (von jemandem); bitten (um)
laws - Gesetze; Gesetz, Jura, Rechtswissenschaft
against - gegen, mit, wider
mendicancy - Bettelei
stringent - Streng; stringent
penalties - Sanktionen; Strafe, Strafe
heavy - heftig, schwer, stark (Regen)
deal - Menge, Handel, Teil, Abkommen
charming - charmant; (charm); charmant
tales - Märchen; Geschichte, Erzählung, Fabel
legends - Legenden; Legende, Kartenlegende, Legende
giants - Giganten; Riese, Riesin, Gigant, Gigantin, Gigant, Riese
fairies - Fee, Elfe, Feenwesen
dwarfs - Zwerg, Zwergin, Zwerg, Zwergin, Zwerg, Zwerg, Zwergstern, Zwerg
genii - Genie
enchanted - verzaubert; verzaubern, verzaubern
castles - Schlösser; Burg, Festung, Schloss
gorgeous - fantastisch, großartig, herrlich, hinreißend
Kings - Könige; König
princes - Prinzen; (prince) Fürst, Prinz
many a - manch ein, manches, manche
lay in - einkellern
scant - spärlich, gering, dürftig, knapp
offensive - beleidigend; offensiv; Offensive, Angriff
smarting - schmerzen; pfiffig, pfiffig, fesch, elegant, listig
thrashing - Flattern, Dreschen, prügelnd; (thrash); schlagen, dreschen
unleashed - entfesselt; von der Leine lassen, loslassen, freilassen
imagination - Phantasie; Vorstellungskraft, Imagination, Einbildungskraft
aches - schmerzen; Schmerz
pains - Schmerzen; Qual, Stich (Schmerz), Schmerz
picturings - Bildmaterial
charmed - verzaubert; Talisman; Charme, Zauberformel
petted - gestreichelt; Haustier, Liebling
regal - königlich
Palace - Palast; Schloss
desire - begehren; Begehren, Wunsch
haunt - spuken; verfolgen; Treffpunkt
comrades - Kameraden; Kamerad, Kamerad, Genosse, Genossin, Genosse
jeered - verhöhnt; (to jeer) spotten, verhöhnen, sticheln
scoffed - verhöhnt; Hohn, Spott
unmercifully - unbarmherzig
Glad - Erfreut; freudig, froh
dream - Traum, Wunsch, träumen, wünschen
He often read the priest’s old books and got him to explain and enlarge upon them. His dreamings and readings worked certain changes in him, by- and-by. His dream-people were so fine that he grew to lament his shabby clothing and his dirt, and to wish to be clean and better clad.
enlarge - vergrößern
upon - auf; mit
dreamings - Träumereien; phantasierend, träumend
readings - Lesungen; Lesen
lament - wehklagen;Klage ;beklagen, jammern
shabby - schäbig
clothing - Kleidung; (cloth); Stoff, Tuch
dirt - Schmutz; Erde, Boden, Dreck
wish - Wunsch; wünschen
clad - kaschiert, gekleidet; (clothe); bekleiden, anziehen
He went on playing in the mud just the same, and enjoying it, too; but, instead of splashing around in the Thames solely for the fun of it, he began to find an added value in it because of the washings and cleansings it afforded.
mud - Schmutz, Schlamm; Rollenspiel im Internet
instead - stattdessen, anstatt
splashing - anspritzend, platschend
Thames - Die Themse; Themse
solely - nur; einzig und allein; ausschließlich, exklusiv, alleinig
added value - Wertschöpfung
washings - Waschen
cleansings - Reinigungen; reinigend
afforded - gewährt wird; leisten
Tom could always find something going on around the Maypole in Cheapside, and at the fairs; and now and then he and the rest of London had a chance to see a military parade when some famous unfortunate was carried prisoner to the Tower, by land or boat.
Maypole - Maibaum
fairs - gerecht, fair, heiter, schön, angemessen
rest - Ruhe, Stütze, Lehne, ein Ăśbriges; bleiben, ruhen, ausruhen
chance - riskieren, zufällig geschehen; Chance, Zufall, Gelegenheit
military - Militär
parade - stolzieren; Exerzierplatz, Korso, Aufzug
unfortunate - unglücklich, unglückselig
prisoner - Gefangener, Gefangene, Häftling, Strafgefangener
tower - starker Rückhalt, Turm; emporragen, hochragen, ragen
by land - auf dem Landweg
One summer’s day he saw poor Anne Askew and three men burned at the stake in Smithfield, and heard an ex-Bishop preach a sermon to them which did not interest him. Yes, Tom’s life was varied and pleasant enough, on the whole.
askew - schief, verzogen, verwunden, verbogen
burned - verbrannt; brennen, feuern, leuchten
stake - Pfahl, Pflock, Marterpfahl, Scheiterhaufen, Anteil, Einsatz
ex - ab
bishop - Läufer (Schach), Bischof
preach - predigen, verkündigen
sermon - Predigt
varied - abwechslungsreich; variieren, verändern, sich ändern, de
pleasant - angenehm
by-and-by Tom’s reading and dreaming about princely life wrought such a strong effect upon him that he began to act the prince, unconsciously. His speech and manners became curiously ceremonious and courtly, to the vast admiration and amusement of his intimates. But Tom’s influence among these young people began to grow now, day by day; and in time he came to be looked up to, by them, with a sort of wondering awe, as a superior being. He seemed to know so much! and he could do and say such marvellous things! and withal, he was so deep and wise!
by and by - (by and by) nach einer Weile, nach und nach, mit der Zeit
dreaming - phantasierend, träumend; (dream); Traum, Wunsch, träumen
princely - fürstlich
effect - Auswirkung, Eindruck, Effekt, Kraft
act - handeln; Handlung, Tat, Akt, Gesetz, Akte, Spiel
unconsciously - unbewusst
Speech - Sprache; Rede, Ansprache
manners - Manieren; Weise, Manier
curiously - neugierige
ceremonious - Zeremoniell
courtly - höflich; vornehm
vast - riesig; beträchtlich, weit, ausgedehnt, enorm
admiration - Bewunderung
amusement - Belustigung; Amüsement
intimates - Intimitäten; vertraut, innig, intim, vorsichtig andeuten
influence - Einfluss; Beeinflussung, Beeinflusser, beeinflussen
wondering - und fragen sich; (wonder) sich wundern (über)
awe - Ehrfurcht; Staunen; einschüchtern
superior - überlegen, höher, höherstehend, übergeordnet, Vorgesetzter
seemed - schien; scheinen, dünken
marvellous - fabelhaft
withal - mit
deep - tief, tiefgründig, dunkel, Tiefe
wise - weise; klug, vernünftig
Tom’s remarks, and Tom’s performances, were reported by the boys to their elders; and these, also, presently began to discuss Tom Canty, and to regard him as a most gifted and extraordinary creature. Full-grown people brought their perplexities to Tom for solution, and were often astonished at the wit and wisdom of his decisions. In fact he was become a hero to all who knew him except his own family-these, only, saw nothing in him.
remarks - Bemerkungen; bemerken; Anmerkung, Bemerkung
performances - Leistungen; Durchführung, Leistung, Leistung, Aufführung
elders - Ältere Menschen; Holunder, älterer
Presently - Gegenwärtig; sogleich
regard - schätzen, betrachten, berücksichtigen, achten; Aufmerksamkeit
most gifted - talentvollste
extraordinary - außerordentlich, außergewöhnlich
creature - Wesen, Lebewesen, Fabelwesen
perplexities - Verwirrungen; Perplexität
solution - Lösung
astonished - erstaunt; erstaunen
wit - Witz; nämlich, und zwar
wisdom - Weisheit
decisions - Entscheidungen; Entscheidung, Beschluss
hero - Held, Heldin, Kriegsheld, Hauptfigur
Privately, after a while, Tom organised a royal court! He was the prince; his special comrades were guards, chamberlains, equerries, lords and ladies in waiting, and the royal family.
privately - privat
Royal - königlich; Royal; Royalsegel
guards - Wächter, Parierstange, Schutz, schützen, bewachen
chamberlains - Kammerherr, Kämmerer
equerries - Stallmeister, Kammerherr, Kammerfrau, Adjutant
Daily the mock prince was received with elaborate ceremonials borrowed by Tom from his romantic readings; daily the great affairs of the mimic kingdom were discussed in the royal council, and daily his mimic highness issued decrees to his imaginary armies, navies, and viceroyalties.
daily - tgl, tägl. täglich, tägliche, tagtäglich
Mock - Spott; Nachahmung, Imitation, Parodie, Veralberung, Prototyp
received - bekommen, erhalten, empfangen, kriegen, empfangen
elaborate - ausarbeiten; ausführlich, durchdacht, ausführen
ceremonials - Zeremonien; zeremoniell
borrowed - geliehen; leihen, entleihen
romantic - romantisch; Romantiker, Romantikerin
affairs - Angelegenheiten; Angelegenheit, Angelegenheit, Scharmützel
mimic - nachahmen, nachäffen
Kingdom - Königreich, Königtum
Council - Rat
Highness - Hoheit
issued - ausgestellt; ausgehen
decrees - Dekrete; Erlass, Dekret
imaginary - eingebildet, imaginär
armies - Armeen; Heer
navies - Marinen; Marine, Flotte, Seestreitkräfte-p, Marineamt
viceroyalties - Vizekönigreiche; Vizekönigreich
After which, he would go forth in his rags and beg a few farthings, eat his poor crust, take his customary cuffs and abuse, and then stretch himself upon his handful of foul straw, and resume his empty grandeurs in his dreams.
forth - weiter; heraus, hervor
beg - Männchen machen; etwas erbitten (von jemandem); bitten (um)
customary - Gewöhnlich; üblich
cuffs - Manschetten; Manschette; Hosenaufschlag, Umschlag (an der Hose)
abuse - missbrauchen, beschimpfen; Missbrauch, Schmähung
stretch - strecken, dehnen, langziehen, dehnen
handful - Handvoll; Handbreite
resume - weiter; Lebenslauf; fortsetzen, wiedererlangen, wiederaufnehmen
grandeurs - Herrlichkeit, Pracht, Hoheit
dreams - Traum, Traum, t+Wunsch, träumen, träumen, t+wünschen, träumen
And still his desire to look just once upon a real prince, in the flesh, grew upon him, day by day, and week by week, until at last it absorbed all other desires, and became the one passion of his life.
flesh - Fleisch; Haut, Leib, Fruchtfleisch, Fleischfarbe, zunehmen
Last - letzte, zuletzt, letzter, vorig; dauern, andauern
absorbed - absorbiert; absorbieren, aufnehen
desires - Sehnsüchte; begehren, begehren, Begehren
passion - Leidenschaft, Passion
One January day, on his usual begging tour, he tramped despondently up and down the region round about Mincing Lane and Little East Cheap, hour after hour, bare-footed and cold, looking in at cook-shop windows and longing for the dreadful pork-pies and other deadly inventions displayed there-for to him these were dainties fit for the angels; that is, judging by the smell, they were-for it had never been his good luck to own and eat one. There was a cold drizzle of rain; the atmosphere was murky; it was a melancholy day. At night Tom reached home so wet and tired and hungry that it was not possible for his father and grandmother to observe his forlorn condition and not be moved-after their fashion; wherefore they gave him a brisk cuffing at once and sent him to bed.
usual - gewöhnlich, üblich
begging - bittend, bettelnd; (beg) bittend, bettelnd
Tour - Tournee; Arbeitsschicht, Umlauf, Tour
tramped - getrampelt; Vagabund, Penner, Schlampe, Flittchen
despondently - verzweifelt
region - Gegend, Region, Raum, Gebiet, Bezirk
round about - rundherum
mincing - Faschieren; zerhackend, affektiert; (mince); Hackfleisch
bare - knapp, kahl, nackt, bloß; entblößen, abnehmen, freimachen
looking in - hereinschauend
longing for - ersehnend
pork - Schweinefleisch, Schwein
pies - Torten; Kuchen
deadly - tödlich
inventions - Erfindungen; Erfindung, Erfinden
displayed - angezeigt; Vorführung, Vorstellung, Display
dainties - Leckereien; Delikatesse, fein, delikat, zart, zierlich
fit for - geeignet zu
angels - Engeln; Engel
judging - urteilen (nach), richten; Richter, Jurist
smell - Geruch; Geruchssinn, Riechen, stinken
luck - Glück
drizzle - nieseln; träufeln; Nieselregen, Sprühregen
atmosphere - Atmosphäre
murky - trübe; düster, trüb
melancholy - Melancholie, Schwermut, Wehmut
reached - erreicht; erzielen, greifen (nach), sich erstrecken; eintreffen
wet - nass, feucht, befeuchten, durchnässen, nass machen
observe - beobachten; beachten, halten, bemerken
forlorn - verloren; verlassen; aussichtslos, hoffnungslos
condition - Zustand; Bedingung, Kondition, Voraussetzung, Verfassung
fashion - Mode; Stil; fertigen, anfertigen
wherefore - Weshalb; warum, weswegen, wofür
brisk - lebhaft, rege, vital, anregend
cuffing - Handschellen; Manschette; Hosenaufschlag, Umschlag (an der Hose)
For a long time his pain and hunger, and the swearing and fighting going on in the building, kept him awake; but at last his thoughts drifted away to far, romantic lands, and he fell asleep in the company of jewelled and gilded princelings who live in vast palaces, and had servants salaaming before them or flying to execute their orders. And then, as usual, he dreamed that he was a princeling himself.
pain - Schmerzen; Qual, Stich (Schmerz), Schmerz
swearing - schwörend, Fluchen; (swear) schwörend, Fluchen
fighting - (fight) kämpfen, sich streiten; (fight) (fight) kämpfen
awake - munter, wach; erwachen, aufwachen
thoughts - Gedanken; Gedanke
drifted - abgetrieben; Drift, driften, treiben, irren, ziellos ziehen
asleep - schlafen, schlafen
jewelled - mit Juwelen; Edelstein, Juwel
gilded - vergoldet; vergolden
princelings - Fürstentümer
palaces - Paläste; Palast; Schloss
servants - Diener, Dienerin, Lakai, Kammerdiener, Zofe, Bediensteter
salaaming - salem
flying to - zufliegend
execute - hinrichten; ausführen, durchführen
dreamed - geträumt; Traum, Traum, t+Wunsch, träumen, träumen, t+wünschen
All night long the glories of his royal estate shone upon him; he moved among great lords and ladies, in a blaze of light, breathing perfumes, drinking in delicious music, and answering the reverent obeisances of the glittering throng as it parted to make way for him, with here a smile, and there a nod of his princely head.
glories - Pracht, Herrlichkeit, Prunk, Gepränge
estate - Nachlass; Stand; Gut, Landgut
shone - leuchtete; schimmern, wienern; Schein; putzen (Schuhe)
blaze - lodern; Lohe, Brand, Großbrand, brenne, Glut
breathing - Atmen, Atmung; (breath); Atmen, Atmung, Atemzug, Atem, Atempause
perfumes - Parfums; Duft, Parfüm
reverent - pietätvoll
obeisances - Ehrerbietungen; Verbeugung, Ehrerbietung
glittering - glitzernd, funkelnd; (glitter); Glitter; glitzern
throng - Menschengewühl, Gedränge, Menschenmenge, Schwarm
smile - Lächeln
nod - nicken; einnicken; Kopfnicken
And when he awoke in the morning and looked upon the wretchedness about him, his dream had had its usual effect-it had intensified the sordidness of his surroundings a thousandfold. Then came bitterness, and heart-break, and tears.
awoke - erwacht; munter, wach; erwachen, aufwachen
wretchedness - Elend
intensified - intensiviert; intensifizieren, intensivieren
sordidness - Niedertracht; Schmutz
surroundings - Umgebung, umliegend
thousandfold - tausendfache
bitterness - Bitterkeit, Bitternis
heart - Herz, Herzstück
Tears - Tränen; zerreißen, ich/er/sie/es riss, riß
Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night’s dreams. He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him. People jostled him, and some gave him rough speech; but it was all lost on the musing boy. By-and-by he found himself at Temple Bar, the farthest from home he had ever travelled in that direction.
sauntered - schlenderte; erman: müßig umherschlendern
shadowy - schattenhaft; schattig
splendours - Prachtstücke; Pracht; Brillanz
wandered - gewandert; umherstreifen, umherstreichen, herumziehen, stromern
hardly - hart, rau, kaum
noticing - Bekanntmachung, Benachrichtigung, Mitteilung, Kündigungsfrist
jostled - angerempelt; drängeln, drängeln, Drängelei, Gedrängel
rough - rau, grob, Rough
musing - sinnend, grübelnd, nachgrübelnd, nachsinnend; (mus); sinnend
Temple - Tempel, Schläfe, Bethaus, Synagoge
bar - Takt; Schankstube; Latte (Sport); Balken, Leiste, Stange, Strich
direction - Richtung; Führung; Regie
He stopped and considered a moment, then fell into his imaginings again, and passed on outside the walls of London. The Strand had ceased to be a country-road then, and regarded itself as a street, but by a strained construction; for, though there was a tolerably compact row of houses on one side of it, there were only some scattered great buildings on the other, these being palaces of rich nobles, with ample and beautiful grounds stretching to the river-grounds that are now closely packed with grim acres of brick and stone.
considered - berücksichtigt; überlegen, überlegen, halten, betrachten
imaginings - Einbildungen; einbildend, sich vorstellend
passed - bestanden; (to pass) durchgehen, passieren, durchlaufen
Strand - Strand, Ader, Faden, Strähne; auf den Strand setzen
ceased - eingestellt; aufhören, aufhören, einstellen
country-road - (country-road) Landstraße , Chaussee
regarded - betrachtet; schätzen, betrachten, berücksichtigen
itself - von selbst, von allein, sich selbst
strained - angespannt; Spannung, starke Inanspruchnahme, Zug; anstrengen
construction - Bau, Bauarbeit, Bauwerk, Bauwesen, Aufbau, Satzbau, Auslegung
though - aber; trotzdem, doch, allerdings, obwohl, obgleich
tolerably - erträglich
compact - zusammengedrängt
Row - Rudern; Reihe, Zeile
scattered - verstreut; zerstreuen, zerstreuen, streuen, verstreuen
buildings - Bau, bildend, Erstellung, Gebäude
nobles - Adelige; (noble) adlig, nobel, adelig, großmütig, prächtig
ample - reichlich; groß, umfangreich, üppig
grounds - Gründe; Masse (elektrisch); Erdboden, Grund, Boden, geschliffen
stretching - strecken, dehnen, langziehen, dehnen
closely - dicht, eng, nah, nahe
grim - makaber, grimmig
acres - Hektar; Morgen, Acker, Joch
brick - Ziegelstein; Backstein, Ziegel, externes Netzteil, bricken
stone - Stein; Edelstein, Schmuckstein, Kern, steinigen
Tom discovered Charing Village presently, and rested himself at the beautiful cross built there by a bereaved king of earlier days; then idled down a quiet, lovely road, past the great cardinal’s stately palace, toward a far more mighty and majestic palace beyond-Westminster. Tom stared in glad wonder at the vast pile of masonry, the wide-spreading wings, the frowning bastions and turrets, the huge stone gateway, with its gilded bars and its magnificent array of colossal granite lions, and other the signs and symbols of English royalty.
discovered - entdeckt; entdecken, erleben, erfahren, dabei sein
Charing - Zeichen; verkohlen; Saibling
rested - ausgeruht; Ruhe, Stütze, Lehne, ein Ăśbriges; bleiben, ruhen
bereaved - Hinterbliebene; berauben
idled - im Leerlauf; träge, nicht in Betrieb, faul, nutzlos
lovely - schön, hübsch, wunderbar, herrlich
cardinal - grundsätzlich; kardinalrot; Grundzahl, Kardinalzahl, Kardinal
stately - stattlich
toward - zu, in Richtung, nach, auf
mighty - gewaltig, mächtig
majestic - majestätisch
wonder - Wunder, Mirakel, wundern
masonry - Maurerhandwerk; Mauern; Mauerwerk, Gemäuer
wide - breit, weit
spreading - Ausbreitung; Verteilen, Verteilung, Verbreiten
wings - Flügel, t+Schwinge, Flügel, Flügel, t+Gebäudeflügel, Flügel
frowning - Stirnrunzeln; die Stirn runzeln
bastions - Bastionen; Bastion, Bollwerk
turrets - Revolver; Tourelle, Türmchen
huge - riesig
gateway - Einfahrt, Tor, Zugang, Gateway, Protokollumsetzer
bars - Takt; Schankstube; Latte (Sport); Balken, Leiste, Stange, Strich
magnificent - großartig; prächtig; ausgezeichnet
array - Bekleidung, Tracht, Arrangement; Feld; Übersicht, Anzahl, Fülle
colossal - kolossal
granite - Granit
signs and symbols - Zeichenerklärung
royalty - Königtum; Nutzungsgebühr; Tantieme
Was the desire of his soul to be satisfied at last? Here, indeed, was a king’s palace. Might he not hope to see a prince now-a prince of flesh and blood, if Heaven were willing?
soul - Inbrunst, Seele, Gefühl, Herz
be satisfied - zufrieden sein
indeed - tatsächlich; in der Tat, genau, allerdings, checkgewiss
blood - anbluten
Heaven - Der Himmel; Himmel, Firmament, Paradies
At each side of the gilded gate stood a living statue-that is to say, an erect and stately and motionless man-at-arms, clad from head to heel in shining steel armour. At a respectful distance were many country folk, and people from the city, waiting for any chance glimpse of royalty that might offer.
side - Seite; Flanke, Rand, Mannschaft, Team
Gate - Tor, Flugsteig, Pforte, Schranke
statue - Statue, Standbild
erect - aufrecht; stramm (Haltung), steif; errichten
motionless - unbeweglich, reglos, bewegungslos
heel - Hinterende des Hobels, Ferse, Absatz; flitzen; Brotkanten
shining - glänzen; schimmern, wienern; Schein; putzen (Schuhe)
steel armour - Stahlpanzer , Stahlpanzerung
respectful - respektvoll
distance - Distanz, Entfernung, Abstand, Ferne, Weite, entfernen
folk - Volk
Glimpse - Ein Blick; Blick; Aufblitzen, Aufleuchten, Schimmer, entdecken
Splendid carriages, with splendid people in them and splendid servants outside, were arriving and departing by several other noble gateways that pierced the royal enclosure.
carriages - Kutschen; Kutsche, Gang, Haltung, Wagen, Frachtgeld
departing - abfliegen; abreisend, abfahrend; (depart); verlassen
several - mehrere, einige, verschiedene, checkeinige
noble - edel; Adeliger, Adliger, Adelige, Adlige
gateways - Einfahrt, Tor
pierced - gepierct; lochen, durchbohren
enclosure - Anlage, Beilage, Beilegen, Beifügen, Hinzufügen, Gehege
Poor little Tom, in his rags, approached, and was moving slowly and timidly past the sentinels, with a beating heart and a rising hope, when all at once he caught sight through the golden bars of a spectacle that almost made him shout for joy. Within was a comely boy, tanned and brown with sturdy outdoor sports and exercises, whose clothing was all of lovely silks and satins, shining with jewels; at his hip a little jewelled sword and dagger; dainty buskins on his feet, with red heels; and on his head a jaunty crimson cap, with drooping plumes fastened with a great sparkling gem.
approached - angesprochen; sich nähern, nahekommen, ähnlich sein
slowly - langsam
timidly - ängstlich, schüchtern, scheu
sentinels - Wache, Wachposten, Wächter, Wächterin, Markierung, Schlüsselwort
beating - Schlagen, Prügel, Verprüglung, vernichtende Niederlage
rising - steigend, aufgehend; (rise); steigend, aufgehend
Golden - golden, goldgelb
spectacle - Spektakel, Schauspiel
almost - fast, beinahe, so gut wie
shout - Schrei, Zuruf; rufen, schreien, laut schreien
within - in, innerhalb
comely - anmutig; hübsch, ansehnlich
tanned - gebräunt; gerben
sturdy - solide; robust; stabil
outdoor - Außen-, außerhalb des Hauses, im Freien, Freiluft-
whose - wessen; dessen, deren, wem gehört/gehören?
shining - glänzen; Schienbein; hinaufklettern
jewels - Juwelen; Edelstein, Juwel
Hip - Hipp; Hüfte
sword - Schwert; Schwertkämpfer, Schwertkämpferin
dagger - Dolch
dainty - Delikatesse; fein, zart, zierlich
buskins - Halbstiefel
heels - Absätze; Hinterende des Hobels, Ferse
jaunty - flott; affektiert, prätentiös, übermütig, fröhlich
crimson - Karmesinrot; Purpur, Purpurrot, Karmesin, purpurn
cap - Ventilkappe; Mütze, Haube, Kappe, Deckel; Laufflächenkrone
drooping - hängend; durchhängen, herabhängen, herunterhängen, herabsinken
plumes - Federn; Schadstofffahne, Abwasserfahne
fastened - befestigen, festmachen
sparkling - glitzernd, funkelnd, prickelnd, sprudelnd; (sparkle); glitzernd
gem - Edelstein, Juwel, Kleinod
Several gorgeous gentlemen stood near-his servants, without a doubt. Oh! he was a prince-a prince, a living prince, a real prince-without the shadow of a question; and the prayer of the pauper-boy’s heart was answered at last.
gentlemen - Herr, Herr, Herr, meine Herren
doubt - bezweifeln, Zweifel
shadow - Schatten; beschatten
prayer - Gebet; (the Lord's Prayer) Paternoster
Tom’s breath came quick and short with excitement, and his eyes grew big with wonder and delight. Everything gave way in his mind instantly to one desire: that was to get close to the prince, and have a good, devouring look at him. Before he knew what he was about, he had his face against the gate-bars.
breath - Atmen, Atmung, Atemzug, Atem, Atempause
excitement - Aufregung, Begeisterung, Spannung, Erregung
delight - Freude, Entzückung, Wohlgefallen, Lust
gave way - wich
mind - Verstand, Geist, Sinn, Bewusstsein, Gedächtnis, Gedanken
instantly - sofort; unmittelbar
devouring - verschlingen, fressen, schlingen, herunterschlingen, zerstören
The next instant one of the soldiers snatched him rudely away, and sent him spinning among the gaping crowd of country gawks and London idlers. The soldier said,-
instant - sofort; augenblicklich, tafelfertig, Moment
soldiers - Soldaten; Soldat, Soldatin, Kämpfer
snatched - geschnappt; klauen, stehlen, Reißen
rudely - unhöflich; grob, unanständig
spinning - Spinnen; (spinning-wheel) Spinnrad; (spin) Spinnen; (spinning-wheel) Spinnrad
gaping - klaffend; gähnend, angaffend; (gap) klaffend; gähnend, angaffend
crowd - Menschenmenge, Masse
gawks - glotzt; Tölpel
idlers - Müßiggänger; untätiger Mitarbeiter, untätige Mitarbeiterin
"Mind thy manners, thou young beggar!"
thy - deine; dein
thou - du
beggar - Bettler, Bettlerin
The crowd jeered and laughed; but the young prince sprang to the gate with his face flushed, and his eyes flashing with indignation, and cried out,-
flushed - gespült; Wasserspülung, Wallung, Schwall; spülen
flashing - Witterungsschutz; Blinken, Aufblinken
indignation - Empörung, Entrüstung
"How dar’st thou use a poor lad like that? How dar’st thou use the King my father’s meanest subject so? Open the gates, and let him in!"
lad - Junge, Knabe, Bube, Bursche, junger Mann, Stallbursche
gates - Tor, Flugsteig, Pforte, Schranke
You should have seen that fickle crowd snatch off their hats then. You should have heard them cheer, and shout, "Long live the Prince of Wales!"
fickle - schwankend, wankelmütig
snatch - schnappen; klauen, stehlen, Reißen
cheer - anfeuern, jauchzen, aufmuntern, jubeln
The soldiers presented arms with their halberds, opened the gates, and presented again as the little Prince of Poverty passed in, in his fluttering rags, to join hands with the Prince of Limitless Plenty.
halberds - Hellebarden; Hellebarde
poverty - Armut
fluttering - Flatterhaft; flattern, wedeln
limitless - grenzenlos, unbegrenzt
plenty - viel; Fülle, Überfluss
Edward Tudor said-
"Thou lookest tired and hungry: thou’st been treated ill. Come with me."
lookest - am besten aussehen
treated - behandelt; behandeln, bewirten, einladen, heilen, kurieren
ill - krank, siech, übel, schlecht, Übel
Half a dozen attendants sprang forward to-I don’t know what; interfere, no doubt. But they were waved aside with a right royal gesture, and they stopped stock still where they were, like so many statues. Edward took Tom to a rich apartment in the palace, which he called his cabinet. By his command a repast was brought such as Tom had never encountered before except in books.
dozen - Dutzend; Dutzende (''of'': von)
attendants - Betreuer; Begleiter, Wächter, Aufpasser, Aufseher, Wärter
forward - nachsenden, fördern, befördern, versenden, senden; dreist
interfere - eingreifen, einmischen
waved - winkte; wehen, winken mit, flattern
gesture - Geste, Gebärde, gestikulieren, erman: (jemandem etwas) bedeuten
stock still - stockstill
statues - Statuen; Statue, Standbild
cabinet - Schrank, Wandschrank, Kabinett, Rat, Ministerrat
Command - Befehl, Kommando, befehlen, kommandieren, gebieten, beherrschen
repast - Mahl, Mahlzeit
encountered - begegnet; treffen, begegnen, Begegnung, Treffen
The prince, with princely delicacy and breeding, sent away the servants, so that his humble guest might not be embarrassed by their critical presence; then he sat near by, and asked questions while Tom ate.
delicacy - Feinheit, Zartheit, Delikatesse, Leckerbissen, Köstlichkeit
breeding - Aufzucht, Vermehrung (biol.), züchtend; (breed); aufziehen
sent away - weggeschickt
humble - bescheiden; demütig, ergeben
guest - Gast; gastieren
be embarrassed - genieren
critical - kritisch
near by - dabei, in der Nähe
"What is thy name, lad?"
"Tom Canty, an’ it please thee, sir."
thee - dich, dir
"‘Tis an odd one. Where dost live?"
Tis - (it is) es ist; (Ti) (it is) es ist
odd - einzeln; seltsam, merkwürdig, komisch, ungerade
"In the city, please thee, sir. Offal Court, out of Pudding Lane."
"Offal Court! Truly ‘tis another odd one. Hast parents?"
truly - wirklich, wahrhaft, ehrlich, echt
"Parents have I, sir, and a grand-dam likewise that is but indifferently precious to me, God forgive me if it be offence to say it-also twin sisters, Nan and Bet."
grand - großartig, prächtig, groß, bedeutend
dam - stauen; Staudamm, Muttertier, Damm
likewise - ebenfalls
indifferently - gleichgültig
precious - kostbar, wertvoll, süßlich, kitschig
forgive - vergeben, verzeihen, entschuldigen
offence - Vergehen; Angriff, Verstoß (gegen), Beleidigung
twin sisters - Zwillingsschwestern
"Then is thy grand-dam not over kind to thee, I take it?"
"Neither to any other is she, so please your worship. She hath a wicked heart, and worketh evil all her days."
neither - weder; weder X noch Y; keiner, keines
worship - Verehrung, Anbetung, Gottesdienst
wicked - verrucht; böse; (wick) verrucht; böse
worketh - funktioniert
evil - böse; Sünde, übel, üblen, Ăśbel
"Doth she mistreat thee?"
mistreat - misshandeln, schinden
"There be times that she stayeth her hand, being asleep or overcome with drink; but when she hath her judgment clear again, she maketh it up to me with goodly beatings."
stayeth - bleiben
overcome - überwunden; überwinden
judgment - Urteil; Urteilsvermögen; Beurteilung; Richtspruch
clear - klar, durchsichtig, hell, frei
maketh - macht
goodly - gutartig; schön
beatings - Schläge; Schlagen
A fierce look came into the little prince’s eyes, and he cried out-
fierce - wild, heftig, bedrohlich
"What! Beatings?"
"Oh, indeed, yes, please you, sir."
"Beatings!-and thou so frail and little. Hark ye: before the night come, she shall hie her to the Tower. The King my father"-
frail - zerbrechlich, schwächliche, gebrechlich
Hark - Hört ihr; horchen
ye - ja; euch, ihr, dir, du
shall - sollen
hie - eilen
"In sooth, you forget, sir, her low degree. The Tower is for the great alone."
sooth - beruhigen; Wahrheit
low - tief, niedrig, nieder, leise (Stimme); muhen, blöken (Rind)
degree - Abschluss; Diplom, akademischer Diplom, Grad, Winkelgrad
alone - allein, einsam, selbst, nur, ausschließlich
"True, indeed. I had not thought of that. I will consider of her punishment. Is thy father kind to thee?"
Consider - überlegen; halten; betrachten, in Betracht ziehen
punishment - Strafe, Bestrafung
"Not more than Gammer Canty, sir."
Gammer - Mütterchen; (gam) Mütterchen
"Fathers be alike, mayhap. Mine hath not a doll’s temper. He smiteth with a heavy hand, yet spareth me: he spareth me not always with his tongue, though, sooth to say. How doth thy mother use thee?"
alike - ähneln; gleich; gleichermaßen
mayhap - Kann das sein
mine - mein, meiner
doll - Puppe
temper - Gereiztheit, Laune, Temperament, Anlassen, Ausheizen
smiteth - schlagen
spareth - verschont
tongue - Zunge, Lasche
"She is good, sir, and giveth me neither sorrow nor pain of any sort. And Nan and Bet are like to her in this."
giveth - gibt
sorrow - Kummer, Traurigkeit, Trauer, Sorge
nor - weder noch, auch nicht
"How old be these?"
"Fifteen, an’ it please you, sir."
"The Lady Elizabeth, my sister, is fourteen, and the Lady Jane Grey, my cousin, is of mine own age, and comely and gracious withal; but my sister the Lady Mary, with her gloomy mien and-Look you: do thy sisters forbid their servants to smile, lest the sin destroy their souls?"
lady - Herrin des Hauses, Hausherrin, Ehefrau des Hausherrn
Elizabeth - Elisabeth
Jane - Johanna
sin - Sünde, sündigen; eine Sünde begehen
gracious - gnädig, gütig
Mary - Maria, Maria
gloomy - düster, finster, trübe, dunkel
mien - Miene
forbid - verbieten, untersagen, verweigern, vorenthalten
destroy - zerstören, vernichten
souls - Seelen; Inbrunst, Seele, Gefühl, Herz
"They? Oh, dost think, sir, that they have servants?"
The little prince contemplated the little pauper gravely a moment, then said-
contemplated - in Erwägung gezogen; nachsinnen
gravely - ernsthaft; ernst, ernstlich, schwerlich
"And prithee, why not? Who helpeth them undress at night? Who attireth them when they rise?"
prithee - Bitte; (arch) Gewölbe, Bogen, Fußrücken
helpeth - hilft
undress - erman: sich ausziehen
attireth - gekleidet ist
rise - steigen; Kursanstieg; Aufgang, Gehaltszulage, Aufschwung
"None, sir. Would’st have them take off their garment, and sleep without-like the beasts?"
none - kein, nichts, keines, keine, keiner, gar nicht
garment - Kleidungsstück
beasts - Biester; Tier
"Their garment! Have they but one?"
"Ah, good your worship, what would they do with more? Truly they have not two bodies each."
"It is a quaint and marvellous thought! Thy pardon, I had not meant to laugh. But thy good Nan and thy Bet shall have raiment and lackeys enow, and that soon, too: my cofferer shall look to it. No, thank me not; ‘tis nothing. Thou speakest well; thou hast an easy grace in it. Art learned?"
quaint - malerisch; wunderlich, originell, anheimelnd
Pardon - Vergebung, Verzeihung, Begnadigung, verzeihen, vergeben
raiment - Gewand; Kleidung
lackeys - Lakaien; Lakai, Lakai
cofferer - Kaffeetrinker
speakest - sprichst
grace - Tischgebet; Anmut, Grazie, Aufschub, Fristverlängerung
"I know not if I am or not, sir. The good priest that is called Father Andrew taught me, of his kindness, from his books."
kindness - Freundlichkeit; Liebenswürdigkeit
"Know’st thou the Latin?"
"But scantly, sir, I doubt."
scantly - spärlich; knapp
"Learn it, lad: ’tis hard only at first. The Greek is harder; but neither these nor any tongues else, I think, are hard to the Lady Elizabeth and my cousin. Thou should’st hear those damsels at it! But tell me of thy Offal Court. Hast thou a pleasant life there?"
Greek - griechisch; Griechisch, griechische Sprache, Grieche, Griechin
tongues - Zungen; Zunge, Zunge, t+Lasche
those - die; jene
damsels - Jungfrauen; Mädchen, Jungfrau
"in truth, yes, so please you, sir, save when one is hungry. There be Punch-and-Judy shows, and monkeys-oh such antic creatures! and so bravely dressed!-and there be plays wherein they that play do shout and fight till all are slain, and ‘tis so fine to see, and costeth but a farthing-albeit ‘tis main hard to get the farthing, please your worship."
in truth - ungelogen
Punch - Kasperle; Stanze, Faustschlag
monkeys - Affen; Affe, Äffin
antic - antik; Possen
creatures - Kreaturen; Wesen
bravely - mutig; tapfer, artig
wherein - worin
fight - kämpfen; Kampf, Schlacht
slain - erschlagen
costeth - kostet
farthing - Groschen, Heller, Pfifferling, Pfennig
albeit - obwohl
"Tell me more."
"We lads of Offal Court do strive against each other with the cudgel, like to the fashion of the ‘prentices, sometimes."
lads - Jungs; Junge, Knabe, Bube, Bursche, junger Mann, Stallbursche
strive - erstreben, bestreben
Cudgel - Knüppel
The prince’s eyes flashed. Said he-
flashed - geflasht; aufleuchten, blitzen, aufflammen
"Marry, that would not I mislike. Tell me more."
marry - heiraten, trauen, sich verehelichen
"We strive in races, sir, to see who of us shall be fleetest."
races - um die Wette rennen; Rasse, Menschenschlag, Rennen
fleetest - am flottesten; Flotte; Fahrzeugpark
"That would I like also. Speak on."
"In summer, sir, we wade and swim in the canals and in the river, and each doth duck his neighbour, and splatter him with water, and dive and shout and tumble and-"
wade - waten
canals - Kanälen; Kanal, Kanal, Gang
Duck - untertauchen (in); Schiertuch, Ente, Segeltuch; kneifen
splatter - Spritzer; spritzen, bespritzen
dive - tauchen
tumble - purzeln; Sturz, Fall, Überschlag, Absturz
"‘Twould be worth my father’s kingdom but to enjoy it once! Prithee go on."
twould - oder
worth - wert
"We dance and sing about the Maypole in Cheapside; we play in the sand, each covering his neighbour up; and times we make mud pastry-oh the lovely mud, it hath not its like for delightfulness in all the world!-we do fairly wallow in the mud, sir, saving your worship’s presence."
sand - Sand
covering - Abdeckung; zudeckend; (cover); Deckel, Abdeckung, Versteck
pastry - Backwerk; Gebäckteig
delightfulness - Entzückendheit; Herrlichkeit
fairly - gerecht
wallow - sich suhlen; im Schmutz wälzen
saving - Sparen; Ersparnisse; (save); retten; erretten; sichern
"Oh, prithee, say no more, ‘tis glorious! If that I could but clothe me in raiment like to thine, and strip my feet, and revel in the mud once, just once, with none to rebuke me or forbid, meseemeth I could forego the crown!"
glorious - ruhmvoll, glorreich, herrlich, prachtvoll
clothe - bekleiden, anziehen
thine - deines; dein; deiner, der deine
strip - Zeichenketten
revel - schwelgen; feiern, ausgelassen sein
rebuke - tadeln; Tadel, Anschiss, Rüge, Schelte
forego - Verzichten; vorhergehen
crown - Zenit; krönen; Bombage (ballige Fläche), Zahnkrone; Baumkrone
"And if that I could clothe me once, sweet sir, as thou art clad-just once-"
sweet - Süßigkeit, Bonbon
"Oho, would’st like it? Then so shall it be. Doff thy rags, and don these splendours, lad! It is a brief happiness, but will be not less keen for that. We will have it while we may, and change again before any come to molest."
doff - ausziehen
brief - kurz; prägnant; kurze Zusammenfassung; briefen, instruieren
Happiness - Glücklich sein; Glück, Glücklichkeit, Fröhlichkeit
keen - eifrig, scharf
molest - belästigen
A few minutes later the little Prince of Wales was garlanded with Tom’s fluttering odds and ends, and the little Prince of Pauperdom was tricked out in the gaudy plumage of royalty. The two went and stood side by side before a great mirror, and lo, a miracle: there did not seem to have been any change made! They stared at each other, then at the glass, then at each other again. At last the puzzled princeling said-
garlanded - mit Girlanden; Girlande, Girlande
odds - Quoten; einzeln, seltsam, merkwürdig, komisch, ungerade
tricked - ausgetrickst; List, Falle, Finte, Trick, Trick, Kunststück
gaudy - knallig; grell, farbenprächtig
plumage - Gefieder, Vogelgefieder, Federkleid, Federschmuck
mirror - Spiegel; Kopie
miracle - ein Wunder; Wunder, Mirakel
Seem - scheinen, dünken
puzzled - verwirrt; Rätsel
princeling - Prinzenpaar
"What dost thou make of this?"
"Ah, good your worship, require me not to answer. It is not meet that one of my degree should utter the thing."
require - erfordern; brauchen, benötigen
utter - Äußerlich; äußerst
"Then will I utter it. Thou hast the same hair, the same eyes, the same voice and manner, the same form and stature, the same face and countenance that I bear. Fared we forth naked, there is none could say which was you, and which the Prince of Wales. And, now that I am clothed as thou wert clothed, it seemeth I should be able the more nearly to feel as thou didst when the brute soldier-Hark ye, is not this a bruise upon your hand?"
voice - Stimme; äußern
manner - Art und Weise; Weise, Manier
stature - Körpergröße, Statur
countenance - Antlitz, Gesichtsausdruck, Miene, Unterstützung, Fassung
bear - Bär; (to bear) ertragen, aushalten
naked - nackt, kahl, bloß
clothed - bekleidet; bekleiden, anziehen
seemeth - scheint
brute - Tier, brutaler Kerl, brutal, Vieh
soldier - Soldat, Soldatin, Kämpfer
bruise - Prellung, Bluterguss, blauer Fleck, Druckstelle
"Yes; but it is a slight thing, and your worship knoweth that the poor man-at-arms-"
Slight - geringfügig, leicht, unbedeutend
knoweth - weiß
"Peace! It was a shameful thing and a cruel!" cried the little prince, stamping his bare foot. "If the King-Stir not a step till I come again! It is a command!"
peace - Ruhe, Frieden, Friede
shameful - schandbar, beschämend, blamabel, peinlich
cruel - schrecklich; grausam (gegen)
stamping - Stempeln; stampfen; (stamp); Stempel; stempeln; freimachen
stir - erschüttern, bewegen, sich rühren, verrühren; Aufregung
step - treten, treten (du trittst
In a moment he had snatched up and put away an article of national importance that lay upon a table, and was out at the door and flying through the palace grounds in his bannered rags, with a hot face and glowing eyes. As soon as he reached the great gate, he seized the bars, and tried to shake them, shouting-
snatched up - zusammen gerafft, zusammengerafft [alt]
put away - weglegen;weggelegt
national - national, Staats-, Staatsangehöriger, Staatsangehörige
importance - Bedeutung; Wichtigkeit, Belang
flying through - durchfliegend
bannered - Banner, Fahne, Spruchbanner
glowing - glühen, abstrahlen, leuchten, Glühen
seized - beschlagnahmt; ergreifen, fassen, greifen, packen, ergreifen
shake - schütteln, erschüttern, händeschütteln, Schütteln, Milchshake
shouting - Schreien, Geschrei; (shout); Schreien, Geschrei
"Open! Unbar the gates!"
unbar - (unbarred) riegelte auf
The soldier that had maltreated Tom obeyed promptly; and as the prince burst through the portal, half-smothered with royal wrath, the soldier fetched him a sounding box on the ear that sent him whirling to the roadway, and said-
maltreated - malträtiert; misshandeln
obeyed - gehorcht; gehorchen, befolgen
promptly - unverzüglich; bereit
burst - geplatzt; platzen, zerplatzen, bersten, sprengen, Bersten
portal - Portal
smothered - erdrückt; ersticken
wrath - Zorn, Wut, Ärger, Ingrimm, Vergeltung
fetched - geholt; holen, einfangen, abrufen, apportieren
whirling - wirbelnd; (whirl) strudeln, wirbeln; (whirl); wirbeln, lschnell
roadway - Fahrbahn, Straße, Straßendamm
"Take that, thou beggar’s spawn, for what thou got’st me from his Highness!"
spawn - hervorbringen, laichen; Brut, Laich
The crowd roared with laughter. The prince picked himself out of the mud, and made fiercely at the sentry, shouting-
roared - gebrüllt; brüllen, brüllen, Tosen
laughter - Gelächter, Lachen
picked - ausgewählt; Foto
fiercely - heftig, wütend
sentry - Wache, Wachposten, Schildwache, Wachturm
"I am the Prince of Wales, my person is sacred; and thou shalt hang for laying thy hand upon me!"
sacred - heilig
shalt - sollen
hang - hängen
laying - Auflegen, legend; (lay) Auflegen, legend
The soldier brought his halberd to a present-arms and said mockingly-
halberd - Hellebarde
mockingly - spöttisch
"I salute your gracious Highness." Then angrily-"be off, thou crazy rubbish!"
salute - Salut; salutieren
angrily - verärgert, wütend
be off - geplatzt sein, fortgehen, weggehen, sich wegscheren, frei haben, weg sein
crazy - verrückt
rubbish - Quatsch, Blödsinn, Unsinn, Mist, Müll
Here the jeering crowd closed round the poor little prince, and hustled him far down the road, hooting him, and shouting-
jeering - Johlen; (jeer) Spott; (jeer) Johlen; (jeer) Spott
round - runden; Kontrollgang, Runde, Rundgang, rund
hustled - verarscht; sich beeilen, hetzen, betrügen, abziehen, Hast
hooting - Hupen; Spaßveranstaltung, Spaßmacher
"Way for his Royal Highness! Way for the Prince of Wales!"
troubles - Probleme; Ärger, Schwierigkeit, Anstrengung, Bemühung, Mühe
After hours of persistent pursuit and persecution, the little prince was at last deserted by the rabble and left to himself. As long as he had been able to rage against the mob, and threaten it royally, and royally utter commands that were good stuff to laugh at, he was very entertaining; but when weariness finally forced him to be silent, he was no longer of use to his tormentors, and they sought amusement elsewhere. He looked about him, now, but could not recognise the locality. He was within the city of London-that was all he knew. He moved on, aimlessly, and in a little while the houses thinned, and the passers-by were infrequent. He bathed his bleeding feet in the brook which flowed then where Farringdon Street now is; rested a few moments, then passed on, and presently came upon a great space with only a few scattered houses in it, and a prodigious church.
persistent - ausdauernd, hartnäckig, beharrlich, ständig, anhaltend
pursuit - Verfolgung
persecution - Verfolgung, Schikane, Drangsalierung, Plage
deserted - Wüste, wüst, Ă–de; verlassen, desertieren, im Stich lassen
rage - Wut, Zorn, Raserei, Rage, wüten
mob - Meute, Pöbel
threaten - drohen, bedrohen, androhen
royally - fürstlich; königlich
commands - Befehl, Kommando
stuff - Sachen, Kram, Zeug, Ding, Stoff, Material
entertaining - unterhaltsam; (entertain); unterhalten
weariness - Müdigkeit
finally - schließlich; endlich; definitiv, checkletztendlich
forced - gezwungen; zwingen, forcieren, erzwingen; Stärke, Macht
be silent - schweigen
tormentors - Peiniger, Peinigerin
sought - gesucht; suchen
elsewhere - anderswo
recognise - anerkennen
locality - Ortschaft
aimlessly - ziellos
passers - Passanten; Passer
infrequent - unregelmäßig
bleeding - Blutungen; Blutung; (bleed); bluten; ausbluten; entlüften; Blutung; Beschnitt
brook - Bach
flowed - geflossen; Wasserführung; ich flösse, ich/er/sie floss (floß
prodigious - erstaunlich; ungeheuer, gewaltig, verwunderlich
church - Kirche; Gottesdienst, Messe
He recognised this church. Scaffoldings were about, everywhere, and swarms of workmen; for it was undergoing elaborate repairs. The prince took heart at once-he felt that his troubles were at an end, now. He said to himself, "It is the ancient Grey Friars’ Church, which the king my father hath taken from the monks and given for a home for ever for poor and forsaken children, and new-named it Christ’s Church. Right gladly will they serve the son of him who hath done so generously by them-and the more that that son is himself as poor and as forlorn as any that be sheltered here this day, or ever shall be."
recognised - anerkannt; anerkennen
Scaffoldings - Gerüste; Baugerüst, Grundlage
everywhere - überall
swarms - Schwärme; Schwarm, Schwarm
workmen - Handwerker; Arbeiter
undergoing - unterziehen; durchmachen
repairs - Reparaturen; reparieren, instandsetzen, ausbessern
took heart - (take heart) (aus etw.) Mut schöpfen
friars - Brüdern; Mönch, Ordensbruder
monks - Mönche; Mönch
for ever - für immer
forsaken - im Stich gelassen; aufgeben
Christ - Christus, Herrgott
gladly - gerne; gern
serve - Angabe; dienen; servieren; aufschlagen, den Aufschlag haben
generously - freigebige, großzügig, generös, dankenswerterweise
sheltered - beschützt; Zuflucht, Obdach
He was soon in the midst of a crowd of boys who were running, jumping, playing at ball and leap-frog, and otherwise disporting themselves, and right noisily, too.
midst - mittendrin; Mitten, Mitte, inmitten
jumping - (to jump) springen, hüpfen
leap - hervorspringen, hüpfen, überspringen
frog - Frosch
otherwise - sonst
noisily - geräuschvoll
They were all dressed alike, and in the fashion which in that day prevailed among serving-men and ‘prentices{1}-that is to say, each had on the crown of his head a flat black cap about the size of a saucer, which was not useful as a covering, it being of such scanty dimensions, neither was it ornamental; from beneath it the hair fell, unparted, to the middle of the forehead, and was cropped straight around; a clerical band at the neck; a blue gown that fitted closely and hung as low as the knees or lower; full sleeves; a broad red belt; bright yellow stockings, gartered above the knees; low shoes with large metal buckles. It was a sufficiently ugly costume.
prevailed - sich durchgesetzt; erman: die Vorherrschaft erringen (''over'' über)
serving - dienen; Portion
size - Konfektionsgröße, Körpergröße, Format; ausmessen
saucer - Untertasse
scanty - spärlich; dürftig, kärglich, knapp
dimensions - Abmessungen; Dimension, Dimension, Dimension, Dimension
ornamental - Zier-, dekorativ, Zierpflanze
beneath - unter
unparted - ungetrennt
Middle - Mittelpunkt; Mitte; Mittel-, mittlere, mittig
forehead - Stirn
cropped - abgeschnitten; Ernte, Haarschnitt, Schnitt
straight - gerade; aufrecht, aufrichtig, offen, ungeschminkt
clerical - kirchlich; klerikal, geistlich, priesterlich
neck - knutschen; Genick, Zapfen (Wellenhals), Nacken
gown - Gewand; Umhang, Umwurf, Überwurf, Kleid, Abendkleid, Robe
fitted - angepasst; (to be fit) in Form sein
hung - aufgehängt; hängen
lower - niedriger, niedrigerer, ausfahren (Fahrgestell); abdämpfen
sleeves - Ärmel, Hülse, Schutzhülle, Tülle, Köcher, Hülle, Muffe
broad - breit, deutliche, großräumig
belt - Gürtel; Gurt; Riemen, Zone, schmettern
bright yellow - knallgelb
stockings - Strümpfe; Strumpf
gartered - Strumpfband
metal - Metall; Metal
buckles - zuschnallen; Delle, Schnalle, Spange
sufficiently - ausreichend; hinreichend, genügend, zureichende
ugly - hässlich
costume - Kostüm, Tracht, kostümieren
The boys stopped their play and flocked about the prince, who said with native dignity-
flocked - geflockt; (to flock together) sich rotten, sich zusammenrotten
native - gebürtig; einheimisch; nativ; Ureinwohner, Ureinwohnerin
dignity - Würde; Förmlichkeit; Amt
"Good lads, say to your master that Edward Prince of Wales desireth speech with him."
Master - Haupt.., Grund, Meister, führend, leitend; bewältigen, meistern
desireth - begehrt
A great shout went up at this, and one rude fellow said-
rude - grob, unhöflich, frech, unverschämt
fellow - Stipendiat, Typ, Kerl, Bursche; Gefährte, Kerl
"Marry, art thou his grace’s messenger, beggar?"
messenger - Kurier, Bote, Botschafter
The prince’s face flushed with anger, and his ready hand flew to his hip, but there was nothing there. There was a storm of laughter, and one boy said-
anger - Ärger, Zorn, Wut, Groll
storm - stürmen; Sturm
"Didst mark that? He fancied he had a sword-belike he is the prince himself."
fancied - Lust gehabt; extravagant, originell
belike - (arch) Gewölbe, Bogen, Fußrücken
This sally brought more laughter. Poor Edward drew himself up proudly and said-
sally - aufbrechen
proudly - stolze, stolz
"I am the prince; and it ill beseemeth you that feed upon the king my father’s bounty to use me so."
feed - füttern; Zuführung, Papierzuführung, Zufuhr; verpflegen, hegen
bounty - Geschenk; Belohnung, Kopfgeld, Prämie, Heuer
This was vastly enjoyed, as the laughter testified. The youth who had first spoken, shouted to his comrades-
vastly - erheblich, ungeheuer
testified - bezeugt; bezeugen
youth - Jugend, Jugendlichkeit, Jugendzeit, Jugendlicher, Jugendliche
shouted - geschrien; Schrei, Zuruf; rufen, schreien, laut schreien
"Ho, swine, slaves, pensioners of his grace’s princely father, where be your manners? Down on your marrow bones, all of ye, and do reverence to his kingly port and royal rags!"
swine - ein Schwein; Schwein
slaves - Sklaven; Sklave, t+Sklavin, Sklave, t+Sklavin, Sklave
pensioners - Rentner, Rentnerin, Pensionär, Pensionärin
marrow - Knochenmark; Mark
bones - Knochen
reverence - Ehrfurcht, Bewunderung, Verehrung, Hochachtung, Ehrerbietung
kingly - königlich
port - Schlitz, Backbord, Portwein, Hafen; portieren, übertragen
With boisterous mirth they dropped upon their knees in a body and did mock homage to their prey. The prince spurned the nearest boy with his foot, and said fiercely-
boisterous - ungestüm, ausgelassen, lebendig, lebhaft
mirth - Fröhlichkeit, Belustigung, Freude
dropped - fallen gelassen; fallen lassen, senken, weglassen, aufgeben
homage - Vasalleneid, Gefolgschaftsschwur, Vasallentreueschwur
prey - Beute; lauern, auflauern
spurned - verschmäht; verschmähen, abweisen, verachten, treten
"Take thou that, till the morrow come and I build thee a gibbet!"
morrow - morgen; Morgen
gibbet - Galgen
Ah, but this was not a joke-this was going beyond fun. The laughter ceased on the instant, and fury took its place. A dozen shouted-
joke - Witz; Scherz, Streich, Spaß, scherzen, Witze machen
fury - Wut; Furie
"Hale him forth! To the horse-pond, to the horse-pond! Where be the dogs? Ho, there, Lion! ho, Fangs!"
hale - gesund, rüstig
pond - Weiher, Teich
fangs - Reißzähne; Fang, Fangzahn
Then followed such a thing as England had never seen before-the sacred person of the heir to the throne rudely buffeted by plebeian hands, and set upon and torn by dogs.
heir - Erbe, Erbin, Thronerbe
throne - Thron
buffeted - geschlagen; Puff, Buffet, Schlag; hin und herwerfen
plebeian - Plebejer; plebejisch
set - gesetzt; Seth
torn - zerrissen; zerreißen, ich/er/sie/es riss, riß
As night drew to a close that day, the prince found himself far down in the close-built portion of the city. His body was bruised, his hands were bleeding, and his rags were all besmirched with mud. He wandered on and on, and grew more and more bewildered, and so tired and faint he could hardly drag one foot after the other. He had ceased to ask questions of anyone, since they brought him only insult instead of information. He kept muttering to himself, "Offal Court-that is the name; if I can but find it before my strength is wholly spent and I drop, then am I saved-for his people will take me to the palace and prove that I am none of theirs, but the true prince, and I shall have mine own again.
portion - Anteil; Teil
bruised - geprellt; Prellung, Bluterguss, blauer Fleck, Druckstelle
besmirched - besudelt; beschmutzen, beschmieren, beschmutzen, besudeln
more bewildered - fassungslosere
faint - leise, schwach, undeutlich, ohnmächtig werden
drag - Planierschleppe; nachschleppen, schleppen, ziehen
Since - Seit wann; seitdem, seither, weil, da
insult - beleidigen; Beleidigung, Kränkung, Verletzung
muttering - Gemurmel; murmeln, brummeln; (mutter) Gemurmel; murmeln
strength - Stärke, Kraft, Festigkeit, Mumm
wholly - ganz
drop - fallen lassen, senken, weglassen, aufgeben
saved - gerettet; retten, erretten, sichern, speichern, sparen
Prove - er/sie hat/hatte bewiesen, beweisen, erhärten
And now and then his mind reverted to his treatment by those rude Christ’s Hospital boys, and he said, "When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books; for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved, and the heart. I will keep this diligently in my remembrance, that this day’s lesson be not lost upon me, and my people suffer thereby; for learning softeneth the heart and breedeth gentleness and charity." {1}
reverted - rückgängig gemacht; rückgängig machen
treatment - Behandeln, Behandlung, Umgang
shelter - Unterkunft; Zuflucht, Obdach, Zufluchtsort, Schutzraum
teachings - unterrichten, beibringen, lehren
belly - Bauch, Magen
starved - verhungert; verhungern, Hungers sterben, verhungern
diligently - fleißig
remembrance - Erinnern; Erinnerung
suffer - leiden; erleiden
thereby - dabei; dadurch, damit, deswegen, darum
softeneth - erweicht
breedeth - brütet
gentleness - Sanftheit; Sanftmut
charity - Nächstenliebe; Wohltätigkeit; Wohltätigkeitsorganisation
The lights began to twinkle, it came on to rain, the wind rose, and a raw and gusty night set in. The houseless prince, the homeless heir to the throne of England, still moved on, drifting deeper into the maze of squalid alleys where the swarming hives of poverty and misery were massed together.
Twinkle - funkeln; zwinkern
wind - aufspulen, rollen, blasen, aufwickeln, abspulen
rose - Rosa; (rise); Rosa
raw - roh; Roh-; rau
gusty - böig; stürmisch
houseless - obdachlos
homeless - obdachlos, wohnungslos
drifting - treiben lassen; Drift, driften, treiben, irren, ziellos ziehen
deeper - tiefer; tief, tief, tief, tief, tief, tief, tief, tiefgründig
maze - Labyrinth; Irrgarten
squalid - verwahrlost; schmutzig, armselig
alleys - Gassen; Allee, Bahn, Weg, Gasse, Pfad
swarming - Ausschwärmen; (to swarm) wimmeln, schwärmen
hives - Nesselsucht; Bienenstock
misery - Misere, Elend
massed - massiert; Messe (kirchlich), Gottesdienst, Menge
Suddenly a great drunken ruffian collared him and said-
suddenly - plötzlich, urplötzlich
drunken - betrunken, trunken
ruffian - Grobian; Raubein
collared - mit Halsband; Kragen, Halskette, Halsband
"Out to this time of night again, and hast not brought a farthing home, I warrant me! If it be so, an’ I do not break all the bones in thy lean body, then am I not John Canty, but some other."
warrant - Haftbefehl; Nachweis; Befehl; garantieren
lean - knapp, schlank, hager, mager
The prince twisted himself loose, unconsciously brushed his profaned shoulder, and eagerly said-
twisted - verdreht; Zwirn, Biegung, Wendung, Twist, verziehen, drehen
loose - verlassen, lose, locker
brushed - gebürstet; Bürste; glossaint-, Bürste, Busch
profaned - entweiht; weltlich, profan
eagerly - eifrig
"Oh, art his father, truly? Sweet heaven grant it be so-then wilt thou fetch him away and restore me!"
Grant - gewähren; erteilen; bewilligen
wilt - verwelken; welken
fetch - holen, einfangen, abrufen, apportieren
restore - wiederherstellen, restaurieren
"His father? I know not what thou mean’st; I but know I am thy father, as thou shalt soon have cause to-"
cause - Ursache, Anlass, Grund, verursachen, auslösen, lassen
"Oh, jest not, palter not, delay not!-I am worn, I am wounded, I can bear no more. Take me to the king my father, and he will make thee rich beyond thy wildest dreams. Believe me, man, believe me!-I speak no lie, but only the truth!-put forth thy hand and save me! I am indeed the Prince of Wales!"
jest - scherzen
palter - plätschern; feilschen, schachern, gemein handeln
delay - Verspätung, Verzögerung, Verzug
wounded - verwundet; anschießen, verwunden
wildest - am wildesten; wild, rau
lie - lügen; (lie down) sich hinlegen
truth - Wahrheit, Treue
The man stared down, stupefied, upon the lad, then shook his head and muttered-
stupefied - verblüfft; betäuben
shook - geschüttelt; (to shake) erschüttern, schütteln
muttered - gemurmelt; murmeln
"Gone stark mad as any Tom o’ Bedlam!"-then collared him once more, and said with a coarse laugh and an oath, "But mad or no mad, I and thy Gammer Canty will soon find where the soft places in thy bones lie, or I’m no true man!"
Stark - krass, schlicht, schier, rein, nackt, völlig
bedlam - Tumult; Tollhaus, Irrenhaus, Chaos
coarse - grob, grobkörnig, derb, primitiv
oath - Eid, Schwur, Fluch, erman:
soft - sanft, mild, weich
With this he dragged the frantic and struggling prince away, and disappeared up a front court followed by a delighted and noisy swarm of human vermin.
dragged - geschleppt; Planierschleppe; nachschleppen, schleppen, ziehen
frantic - verzweifelt; außer sich, rasend
struggling - sich abmühen; kämpfend, ringend; (struggle); Kampf, Gefecht
disappeared - verschwunden; verschwinden, entschwinden
front court - Vorhof
delighted - erfreut; Freude, Entzückung, Wohlgefallen
noisy - lärmend; laut, geräuschvoll
swarm - schwärmen; Schwarm
human - menschlich
vermin - Ungeziefer, Schädlinge, Gewürm, Gesindel, Pack
Tom Canty, left alone in the prince’s cabinet, made good use of his opportunity. He turned himself this way and that before the great mirror, admiring his finery; then walked away, imitating the prince’s high-bred carriage, and still observing results in the glass.
opportunity - Gelegenheit, Chance, Möglichkeit
admiring - bewundern, verehren, hochschätzen
finery - Prachtstücke; Putz, Glanz, Aufputz
imitating - Nachahmung; imitieren
bred - gezüchtet; (breed) Zucht, Art, Rasse, Sorte; (breed); aufziehen
carriage - Kutsche; Gang, Haltung, Wagen, Frachtgeld, Fracht, Fuhrlohn
observing - Beobachtung; beobachten, beachten, halten, bemerken
Next he drew the beautiful sword, and bowed, kissing the blade, and laying it across his breast, as he had seen a noble knight do, by way of salute to the lieutenant of the Tower, five or six weeks before, when delivering the great lords of Norfolk and Surrey into his hands for captivity. Tom played with the jewelled dagger that hung upon his thigh; he examined the costly and exquisite ornaments of the room; he tried each of the sumptuous chairs, and thought how proud he would be if the Offal Court herd could only peep in and see him in his grandeur. He wondered if they would believe the marvellous tale he should tell when he got home, or if they would shake their heads, and say his overtaxed imagination had at last upset his reason.
bowed - gebeugt; Verneigung (vor), Verbeugung; Bogen, Bug (Schiff)
kissing - küssen
blade - Klinge; Turbinenschaufel; Grashalm; Blatt
breast - Brust; -brust, Entenbrust
Knight - Springer (Schach), Ritter, Pferd
lieutenant - Leutnant, Leutnantin, Gehilfe, Stellvertreter
delivering - ausliefern; erlösen, befreien, gebären, liefern, abliefern
Surrey - Error
captivity - Gefangenschaft
thigh - Oberschenkel
examined - untersucht; untersuchen, untersuchen, untersuchen, prüfen
costly - teuer, kostspielig
exquisite - exquisit, köstlich, auserlesen
ornaments - Ornamente; Verzierung, musikalische Verzierung
sumptuous - üppig; prächtig, prunkvoll, prachtvoll, reichhaltig
proud - stolz, prahlerisch
herd - Herde
peep - piepsen; (peep hole) Schauloch; (to peep through) durchgucken
grandeur - Erhabenheit; Herrlichkeit, Pracht, Hoheit
wondered - gewundert; Wunder
Tale - Geschichte, Erzählung, Fabel
overtaxed - überfordert; überbesteuern
upset - verärgert; aufgebracht, aufgewühlt, verstimmt, gereizt, nervös
At the end of half an hour it suddenly occurred to him that the prince was gone a long time; then right away he began to feel lonely; very soon he fell to listening and longing, and ceased to toy with the pretty things about him; he grew uneasy, then restless, then distressed. Suppose some one should come, and catch him in the prince’s clothes, and the prince not there to explain. Might they not hang him at once, and inquire into his case afterward?
occurred - aufgetreten; passieren, vorkommen, stattfinden, vorkommen
lonely - einsam, alleinig, abgeschieden, öde
toy - Spielzeug; herumspielen
uneasy - Unbehagen; besorgt, unangenehm, unsicher
restless - unruhig; ruhelos, rastlos, checkunruhig
distressed - verzweifelt; Kummer, Bedrängnis, Drangsal, Bekümmerung, Not
suppose - annehmen, vermuten, vermeinen
catch - Fang; Haken; fangen; einfangen; verstehen, begreifen, bekommen
inquire - erkundigen
case - Fall; Gehäuse, Prozess, Kiste, Fach
afterward - nachher
He had heard that the great were prompt about small matters. His fear rose higher and higher; and trembling he softly opened the door to the antechamber, resolved to fly and seek the prince, and, through him, protection and release. Six gorgeous gentlemen-servants and two young pages of high degree, clothed like butterflies, sprang to their feet and bowed low before him. He stepped quickly back and shut the door. He said-
prompt - Eingabeaufforderung; anleiten, antreiben, anstacheln
matters - zählt; Materie, Materie, Masse, Substanz, Stoff, Angelegenheit
fear - fürchten, befürchten, Angst haben; Furcht, Schreck, Befürchtung
trembling - Zittern, Beben; (tremble); zittern; Zittern
softly - sachte; leise
antechamber - Vorraum, Vorzimmer, Vorkammer
resolved - geklärt; auflösen, beschließen
seek - suchen
protection - Schutz
release - Freigabe, Freisetzung, Befreiung, Erlösung
butterflies - Schmetterlinge; Schmetterling, qualifieroetic
stepped - getreten; Steppe, Steppe
shut - geschlossen; (to shut) schließen, zumachen
"Oh, they mock at me! They will go and tell. Oh! why came I here to cast away my life?"
cast - werfen; wegwerfen, hinwerfen, gießen, Cast, Besetzung, Ensemble
He walked up and down the floor, filled with nameless fears, listening, starting at every trifling sound. Presently the door swung open, and a silken page said-
nameless - namenlos
fears - Ängste; fürchten, befürchten, Angst haben; Furcht, Schreck
trifling - unbedeutend; Leichtfertigkeit
swung - geschwungen; schwingen, schaukeln, schwanken, schaukeln
silken - seidig; seiden
"The Lady Jane Grey."
The door closed and a sweet young girl, richly clad, bounded toward him. But she stopped suddenly, and said in a distressed voice-
richly - reich; wohlhabend
bounded - begrenzt; Sprung
"Oh, what aileth thee, my lord?"
Lord - Gebieter; Herr; herrschen
Tom’s breath was nearly failing him; but he made shift to stammer out-
failing - scheitern; Schwäche, Mangel, Fehler
shift - Schicht; Verschiebung, Verlagerung, Verstellung, Gangschaltung
stammer - stammeln, stottern, Stottern
"Ah, be merciful, thou! In sooth I am no lord, but only poor Tom Canty of Offal Court in the city. Prithee let me see the prince, and he will of his grace restore to me my rags, and let me hence unhurt. Oh, be thou merciful, and save me!"
merciful - barmherzig
hence - von hier, fort, von dannen, daher, deshalb
unhurt - unverletzt
By this time the boy was on his knees, and supplicating with his eyes and uplifted hands as well as with his tongue. The young girl seemed horror-stricken. She cried out-
supplicating - anflehend; anflehen, ersuchen, bitten
uplifted - Erhöht; hochheben, erheben
horror - Angst, Furcht, Horror, Grauen
stricken - angeschlagen; ergriffen, heimgesucht, betroffen
"O my lord, on thy knees?-and to me!"
Then she fled away in fright; and Tom, smitten with despair, sank down, murmuring-
fled - geflohen; fliehen, flüchten, fliehen, entfliehen, flüchten
fright - erschrecken; Angst, Schreck, Schrecken
smitten - verknallt; schlagen, schlagen
despair - verzweifeln; Verzweiflung
sank - gesunken; sinken, senken, senken, versenken, Spüle, Spülbecken
murmuring - murmelnd, raunend; (murmur); Rauschen, Murmeln, Gemurmel
"There is no help, there is no hope. Now will they come and take me."
Whilst he lay there benumbed with terror, dreadful tidings were speeding through the palace. The whisper-for it was whispered always-flew from menial to menial, from lord to lady, down all the long corridors, from story to story, from saloon to saloon, "The prince hath gone mad, the prince hath gone mad!
whilst - während
benumbed - betäubt; betäuben
terror - Schrecken, Grauen, schreckliche Furcht, Terror
tidings - Nachrichten; Kunde; q
speeding - zu schnelles Fahren; Geschwindigkeitsüberschreitung; (speed) zu schnelles Fahren; Geschwindigkeitsüberschreitung
whispered - geflüstert; Geflüster
menial - unbedeutend; untergeordnet; nieder, niedrig
corridors - Korridore; Korridor, Gang, Durchgang, Flur, Diele, Korridor
saloon - Kneipe, Salon; Beize (schweiz. Kneipe)
Soon every saloon, every marble hall, had its groups of glittering lords and ladies, and other groups of dazzling lesser folk, talking earnestly together in whispers, and every face had in it dismay. Presently a splendid official came marching by these groups, making solemn proclamation-
marble - Marmor; Murmel; marmorieren
hall - Flur, Korridor, Diele, Halle, Saal
dazzling - schillernd; blendend, grell, umwerfend, betörend
lesser - abzgl. abzüglich, weniger, kleiner, wenig
earnestly - ernsthaft
whispers - Geflüster
dismay - Bestürzung; Furcht, Ohnmacht
official - offiziell, amtlich, dienstlich, Beamter, Beamtin
solemn - feierlich; ernst
proclamation - Proklamation
"IN THE NAME OF THE KING!
Let none list to this false and foolish matter, upon pain of death, nor discuss the same, nor carry it abroad. In the name of the King!"
foolish - dumm, närrisch, töricht
matter - Materie; Masse, Substanz, Stoff, Angelegenheit, Anlass
Death - Tod, Exitus, der Tod, Untergang
abroad - Ausland
The whisperings ceased as suddenly as if the whisperers had been stricken dumb.
whisperings - Geflüster
dumb - dumm; stumm, sprachlos, blöd, doof
Soon there was a general buzz along the corridors, of "The prince! See, the prince comes!"
buzz - Summen, Brummen, Gemurmel, Raunen, Surren
Poor Tom came slowly walking past the low-bowing groups, trying to bow in return, and meekly gazing upon his strange surroundings with bewildered and pathetic eyes. Great nobles walked upon each side of him, making him lean upon them, and so steady his steps. Behind him followed the court-physicians and some servants.
bowing - Verbeugung; (bow) sich vorbeugen; (bow) Verbeugung; (bow) sich vorbeugen
meekly - sanftmütig, unterwürfig
gazing - starrt; anstarren
strange - seltsam, sonderbar, komisch, verwunderlich, fremd, ausländisch
bewildered - verwirrt; verwirren, durcheinanderbringen
pathetic - erbärmlich
steady - beständig; stetig; stabilisieren
steps - Schritte; treten, treten (du trittst
physicians - Ärzten; Arzt, Ärztin, Mediziner, Medizinerin, Doktor, Doktorin
Presently Tom found himself in a noble apartment of the palace and heard the door close behind him. Around him stood those who had come with him. Before him, at a little distance, reclined a very large and very fat man, with a wide, pulpy face, and a stern expression. His large head was very grey; and his whiskers, which he wore only around his face, like a frame, were grey also.
reclined - zurückgelehnt; zurücklehnen, hinlegen, anlehnen
pulpy - breiig
stern - ernst, Heck
expression - Ausdruck; Redensart, Miene
whiskers - Schnurrhaare; Barthaar
frame - ausarbeiten, entwerfen, einfassen, einrahmen, festlegen
His clothing was of rich stuff, but old, and slightly frayed in places. One of his swollen legs had a pillow under it, and was wrapped in bandages. There was silence now; and there was no head there but was bent in reverence, except this man’s. This stern-countenanced invalid was the dread Henry VIII. He said-and his face grew gentle as he began to speak-
slightly - ein wenig, leicht
frayed - ausgefranst; Gefecht (auch fig.), Schlägerei; ausfransen
swollen - geschwollen; Schwellen
pillow - Kopfkissen, Kissen; Ruhekissen
under it - darunter
wrapped - eingewickelt; einhüllen, einwickeln, wickeln, einpacken, hüllen
bandages - Verbände; Verband, bandagieren
silence - Stille, Schweigen, zum Schweigen bringen, Ruhe
bent - verbogen; (to bend) sich niederbeugen, verbiegen
countenanced - gebilligt; Antlitz
invalid - ungültig; zum Invaliden machen; Invalide, Kranken.., Kranke
dread - schaudern, grauen, gruseln, grausen
gentle - liebenswürdig; einfühlsam, sanftmütig, gemächlich, sachte
"How now, my lord Edward, my prince? Hast been minded to cozen me, the good King thy father, who loveth thee, and kindly useth thee, with a sorry jest?"
minded - aufpassen; Verstand, t+Geist, t+Sinn, Bewusstsein
cozen - (arch) Gewölbe, Bogen, Fußrücken
loveth - Liebt
kindly - freundlich, freundlicherweise, gütig, liebenswürdig
useth - benutzt
Poor Tom was listening, as well as his dazed faculties would let him, to the beginning of this speech; but when the words ‘me, the good King’ fell upon his ear, his face blanched, and he dropped as instantly upon his knees as if a shot had brought him there. Lifting up his hands, he exclaimed-
dazed - Benommenheit, betäuben
faculties - Fakultäten; Kollegium
blanched - blanchiert; bleichen
shot - Schuss; (to shoot up) aufschießen
lifting - Lüften (Bremse), Lift, Aufzug; fördern, Auftrieb geben, heben
exclaimed - ausgerufen; ausrufen
"Thou the King? Then am I undone indeed!"
undone - ungeschehen machen; öffnen, aufmachen, etwas rückgängig machen
This speech seemed to stun the King. His eyes wandered from face to face aimlessly, then rested, bewildered, upon the boy before him. Then he said in a tone of deep disappointment-
stun - betäuben; verblüffen
tone - Farbton, Klang, Umgangston, Ton
disappointment - Enttäuschung, Verdruss, Misserfolg, Fehlschlag, Reinfall
"Alack, I had believed the rumour disproportioned to the truth; but I fear me ‘tis not so." He breathed a heavy sigh, and said in a gentle voice, "Come to thy father, child: thou art not well."
Alack - O weh, ach
rumour - Sage, Gerücht; munkeln
disproportioned - unproportional; Missverhältnis
breathed - geatmet; atmen, einatmen, hauchen
sigh - Seufzen, Seufzer, Säuseln (Wind); säuseln (Wind)
Tom was assisted to his feet, and approached the Majesty of England, humble and trembling. The King took the frightened face between his hands, and gazed earnestly and lovingly into it awhile, as if seeking some grateful sign of returning reason there, then pressed the curly head against his breast, and patted it tenderly. Presently he said-
assisted - assistiert; assistieren, helfen, beistehen, unterstützen
Majesty - Majestät
frightened - verängstigt; Angst machen, erschrecken, schrecken, beängstigen
gazed - gestarrt; anstarren
lovingly - liebevoll, lieb, liebende
awhile - eine Weile
seeking - suchen
grateful - dankbar, erkenntlich, wohltuend, zufrieden
sign - Wert, Zeichen, Hinweistafel, Indiz; unterschreiben, signieren
pressed - gedrückt; (pre) vor..
curly - gelockt; lockig; Lockenkopf, Wuschelkopf
patted - getätschelt; Pat
tenderly - zärtlich, zart, lieb
"Dost not know thy father, child? Break not mine old heart; say thou know’st me. Thou dost know me, dost thou not?"
"Yea: thou art my dread lord the King, whom God preserve!"
Yea - Ja
preserve - Konserve, Eingemachtes, Naturschutzgebiet, Naturreservat
"True, true-that is well-be comforted, tremble not so; there is none here would hurt thee; there is none here but loves thee. Thou art better now; thy ill dream passeth-is’t not so? Thou wilt not miscall thyself again, as they say thou didst a little while agone?"
comforted - getröstet; Behaglichkeit, Bequemlichkeit, Komfort, Trost
tremble - zittern; Zittern
hurt - weh tun, schmerzen, verletzen, quälen, verletzt
passeth - übergeht
miscall - Fehlbesetzung; falsch nennen
thyself - Sie selbst; selbst
agone - (ago) vorher, vor
"I pray thee of thy grace believe me, I did but speak the truth, most dread lord; for I am the meanest among thy subjects, being a pauper born, and ‘tis by a sore mischance and accident I am here, albeit I was therein nothing blameful. I am but young to die, and thou canst save me with one little word. Oh speak it, sir!"
Pray - Bitte bedenken Sie doch!; beten
sore - sauer; weh, wund, schmerzend, schmerzhaft
mischance - ein Missgeschick; Unfall
accident - Unfall; Zufall
Therein - darin
blameful - tadelnswert
"Die? Talk not so, sweet prince-peace, peace, to thy troubled heart-thou shalt not die!"
troubled - beunruhigt; Ärger, Schwierigkeit, Anstrengung, Bemühung, Mühe
Tom dropped upon his knees with a glad cry-
cry - weinen; schreien; rufen; Weinen; Schrei
"God requite thy mercy, O my King, and save thee long to bless thy land!" Then springing up, he turned a joyful face toward the two lords in waiting, and exclaimed, "Thou heard’st it! I am not to die: the King hath said it!" There was no movement, save that all bowed with grave respect; but no one spoke. He hesitated, a little confused, then turned timidly toward the King, saying, "I may go now?"
requite - requirieren; belohnen, erwidern, vergelten
mercy - Barmherzigkeit, Erbarmen, Gnade, Mitleid
bless - segnen; selig preisen
joyful - freudig, erfreulich, erfreut
movement - Bewegung; Satz
grave - Grab; feierlich, Gruft, massiv, würdig, ernst
respect - Achtung, Respekt, respektieren
hesitated - gezögert; zögern, zögern, stammeln
confused - verwirrt; verwirren, konfundieren, verwechseln, vermischen
"Go? Surely, if thou desirest. But why not tarry yet a little? Whither would’st go?"
surely - bestimmt, sicherlich
desirest - begehrt
tarry - zögern; teerig
whither - wohin
Tom dropped his eyes, and answered humbly-
humbly - demütig
"Peradventure I mistook; but I did think me free, and so was I moved to seek again the kennel where I was born and bred to misery, yet which harboureth my mother and my sisters, and so is home to me; whereas these pomps and splendours whereunto I am not used-oh, please you, sir, to let me go!"
Peradventure - Vielleicht; ungefähr
kennel - Gosse, Zwinger, Hundezwinger
harboureth - beherbergt
whereas - wohingegen, wogegen, während, wobei
pomps - Pomp
whereunto - Wozu
The King was silent and thoughtful a while, and his face betrayed a growing distress and uneasiness. Presently he said, with something of hope in his voice-
silent - still
thoughtful - nachdenklich, bedächtig, aufmerksam
betrayed - verraten, im Stich lassen, verraten, verraten, verraten
distress - Kummer, Bedrängnis, Drangsal, Bekümmerung, Not
uneasiness - Unbehagen
"Perchance he is but mad upon this one strain, and hath his wits unmarred as toucheth other matter. God send it may be so! We will make trial."
perchance - vielleicht; zufällig
strain - Belastung; Spannung, starke Inanspruchnahme, Zug; anstrengen
wits - Verstand; nämlich, und zwar
unmarred - ungetrübt
toucheth - berührt
trial - Erprobung, Prozess, Versuch, Probe
Then he asked Tom a question in Latin, and Tom answered him lamely in the same tongue. The lords and doctors manifested their gratification also. The King said-
lamely - lahme, lahm
manifested - manifestiert; manifest, Ladungsliste, Manifest, manifestieren
gratification - Befriedigung
"‘Twas not according to his schooling and ability, but showeth that his mind is but diseased, not stricken fatally. How say you, sir?"
Twas - Das war; Zeitarbeitsunternehmen
ability - Fähigkeit
showeth - zeigt
diseased - erkrankt; Krankheit, qualifier
fatally - tödlich; verhängnisvoll, schlimm
The physician addressed bowed low, and replied-
physician - Arzt, Ärztin, Mediziner, Medizinerin
replied - geantwortet; antworten, erwidern, Antwort, Entgegnung, Antwort
"It jumpeth with my own conviction, sire, that thou hast divined aright."
jumpeth - springen
conviction - Überzeugung; Verurteilung
sire - Herr; Männchen
divined - geahnt; göttlich
aright - nicht wahr; richtig
The King looked pleased with this encouragement, coming as it did from so excellent authority, and continued with good heart-
encouragement - Ermutigung
excellent - ausgezeichnet, hervorragend, großartig
authority - Autorität; Autorität; Behörde
continued - fortgesetzt; fortsetzen, weiterhin
"Now mark ye all: we will try him further."
further - fördern; weiter, ferner, des Weiteren
He put a question to Tom in French. Tom stood silent a moment, embarrassed by having so many eyes centred upon him, then said diffidently-
French - Französisch
embarrassed - peinlich; verlegen machen, demütigen, kränken
diffidently - schüchtern
"I have no knowledge of this tongue, so please your majesty."
knowledge - Wissen, Kenntnis
The King fell back upon his couch. The attendants flew to his assistance; but he put them aside, and said-
couch - Liege
assistance - Unterstützung; Hilfe
"Trouble me not-it is nothing but a scurvy faintness. Raise me! There, ‘tis sufficient. Come hither, child; there, rest thy poor troubled head upon thy father’s heart, and be at peace. Thou’lt soon be well: ’tis but a passing fantasy. Fear thou not; thou’lt soon be well." Then he turned toward the company: his gentle manner changed, and baleful lightnings began to play from his eyes. He said-
scurvy - Skorbut, Scharbock
faintness - Ohnmacht; Schwäche, Mattigkeit, Mattheit, Verblasstheit
raise - Gehaltszulage; aufsteigen, anheben, erhöhen, heranziehen
sufficient - genügend, ausreichend, hinreichend
hither - her, hierher, hierhin
lt - Es
passing - vorübergehend, verrinnend ''(poetic)'', hervorragend
fantasy - Fantasie; Fantasy
baleful - verderblich, unheilvoll
lightnings - Blitze; Blitz, Entladung
"List ye all! This my son is mad; but it is not permanent. Over-study hath done this, and somewhat too much of confinement. Away with his books and teachers! see ye to it. Pleasure him with sports, beguile him in wholesome ways, so that his health come again." He raised himself higher still, and went on with energy, "He is mad; but he is my son, and England’s heir; and, mad or sane, still shall he reign! And hear ye further, and proclaim it: whoso speaketh of this his distemper worketh against the peace and order of these realms, and shall to the gallows! . . . Give me to drink-I burn: this sorrow sappeth my strength.
permanent - dauerhaft; permanent, ständig, beständig, unbefristet
somewhat - etwas, einigermaßen
confinement - Eingeschlossenheit; Gefangenschaft
pleasure - Vergnügen; Freude, Spaß, Wollust
beguile - irreleiten, irreführen, in die Irre führen, betören, verführen
wholesome - gesund, heilsam, gesundheitsfördernd, gesundheitsförderlich
raised - angehoben; Gehaltszulage; aufsteigen, anheben, erhöhen
energy - Energie
sane - vernünftig; zurechnungsfähig
reign - Herrschaft, Regentschaft, herrschen, regieren
proclaim - verkünden, verkündigen, erklären
whoso - Wer auch immer
speaketh - spricht
distemper - Staupe
realms - Reiche; Reich
gallows - Galgen; (gallow) Galgen
burn - verbrennen; brennen, feuern, leuchten
. . . There, take away the cup. . . . Support me. There, that is well. Mad, is he? Were he a thousand times mad, yet is he Prince of Wales, and I the King will confirm it. This very morrow shall he be installed in his princely dignity in due and ancient form. Take instant order for it, my lord Hertford."
support - Rückendeckung, Auflage, Unterstützung; abstützen, befürworten
confirm - bestätigen, bekräftigen
installed - installiert; installieren
due - fällig
One of the nobles knelt at the royal couch, and said-
knelt - kniete; knien
"The King’s majesty knoweth that the Hereditary Great Marshal of England lieth attainted in the Tower. It were not meet that one attainted-"
hereditary - vererbt
Marshal - Marschall, Feldmarschall
attainted - erlangt; befallen
"Peace! Insult not mine ears with his hated name. Is this man to live for ever? Am I to be baulked of my will? Is the prince to tarry uninstalled, because, forsooth, the realm lacketh an Earl Marshal free of treasonable taint to invest him with his honours? No, by the splendour of God! Warn my Parliament to bring me Norfolk’s doom before the sun rise again, else shall they answer for it grievously!" {1}
baulked - zurückgeschreckt; Hindernis, Hemmnis, Hauptbalken
uninstalled - deinstalliert
forsooth - wahrhaftig; fürwahr
realm - Bereich; Reich, Königreich
lacketh - fehlt
earl - Graf
treasonable - verräterisch
taint - beflecken; verderben
invest - investieren; (Geld) anlegen (in)
honours - Ehrung, Ehre; ehren; beehren, akzeptieren, annehmen, honorieren
splendour - Pracht; Brillanz
warn - warnen, mahnen
Parliament - Das Parlament; Parlament; Eulenschwarm
doom - Bann; Urteil, Verbannung, Strafe, Untergang, Tod, Schicksal
answer for - verantworten
grievously - schwerwiegend; schmerzliche, kränkend
Lord Hertford said-
"The King’s will is law;" and, rising, returned to his former place.
law - Gesetz, Jura, Rechtswissenschaft
former - erstgenannt, ehem. ehemalig, frühere, früher
Gradually the wrath faded out of the old King’s face, and he said-
gradually - nach und nach, allmählich, stufenweise, schrittweise
faded - verblasst; verfärben, Ausblendung; verblassen, nachlassen
"Kiss me, my prince. There . . . what fearest thou? Am I not thy loving father?"
kiss - küssen
fearest - am meisten fürchten
"Thou art good to me that am unworthy, O mighty and gracious lord: that in truth I know. But-but-it grieveth me to think of him that is to die, and-"
unworthy - unwürdig
grieveth - trauert
"Ah, ‘tis like thee, ‘tis like thee! I know thy heart is still the same, even though thy mind hath suffered hurt, for thou wert ever of a gentle spirit. But this duke standeth between thee and thine honours: I will have another in his stead that shall bring no taint to his great office. Comfort thee, my prince: trouble not thy poor head with this matter."
suffered - gelitten; leiden, leiden, erleiden
spirit - Geist, Seele, Stimmung, Schnaps
Duke - Herzog; Großherzog
standeth - steht
stead - Stelle
comfort - Behaglichkeit, Bequemlichkeit, Komfort, Trost, Tröstung
"But is it not I that speed him hence, my liege? How long might he not live, but for me?"
Speed - Geschwindigkeit; Drehzahl, Gang, rasen, Tempo, Eile
Liege - Lüttich; Lehnsherr; Gefolgsmann, Vasall
"Take no thought of him, my prince: he is not worthy. Kiss me once again, and go to thy trifles and amusements; for my malady distresseth me. I am aweary, and would rest. Go with thine uncle Hertford and thy people, and come again when my body is refreshed."
worthy - würdig
trifles - Lappalien; Trifle
amusements - Vergnügungen; Amüsement
malady - Krankheit, Übel
distresseth - bedrängt
aweary - Ehrfurcht
refreshed - erfrischt; erfrischen, erquicken, auffrischen, aktualisieren
Tom, heavy-hearted, was conducted from the presence, for this last sentence was a death-blow to the hope he had cherished that now he would be set free. Once more he heard the buzz of low voices exclaiming, "The prince, the prince comes!"
conducted - durchgeführt; Leitung, Führung, leiten, führen, sich verhalten
blow - (to blow) blasen, wehen, pusten
cherished - wertgeschätzt; hegen, wertschätzen
set free - freisetzen
voices - Stimmen; äußern
exclaiming - ausrufen
His spirits sank lower and lower as he moved between the glittering files of bowing courtiers; for he recognised that he was indeed a captive now, and might remain for ever shut up in this gilded cage, a forlorn and friendless prince, except God in his mercy take pity on him and set him free.
spirits - Geister; Geist, Seele, Geist, Stimmung, Schnaps, qualifier
files - Dateien; Kartei, File, Aktenmappe, Reihe; ablegen (Briefe usw.)
courtiers - Höflinge; Höfling, Schmeichler
captive - Gefangener, Gefangene
remain - Überrest (2); Überreste (3); sterbliche Überreste (3); bleiben
cage - Käfig
friendless - freundlos
pity - Mitleid; schade; bemitleiden, Mitleid haben mit
And, turn where he would, he seemed to see floating in the air the severed head and the remembered face of the great Duke of Norfolk, the eyes fixed on him reproachfully.
floating - schwebend; schwimmend, fließend, gleiten
severed - abgetrennt; abtrennen, durchtrennen, abbrechen, trennen
fixed - repariert; reparieren, flicken, fixieren, befestigen
reproachfully - vorwurfsvoll
His old dreams had been so pleasant; but this reality was so dreary!
reality - Wirklichkeit, Realität, checkRealität
dreary - öde, trostlos, trüb, freudlos
Receives - Erhält; bekommen, erhalten, empfangen, kriegen, empfangen
instructions - Anweisungen; Unterricht, Anweisung, Anweisung, Assemblerbefehl
Tom was conducted to the principal apartment of a noble suite, and made to sit down-a thing which he was loth to do, since there were elderly men and men of high degree about him. He begged them to be seated also, but they only bowed their thanks or murmured them, and remained standing. He would have insisted, but his ‘uncle’ the Earl of Hertford whispered in his ear-
principal - Auftraggeber; hauptsächlich, Haupt-, wesentlich, Rektor
suite - Suite
elderly - ältere Menschen; älter, bejahrt, betagt
seated - sitzend; Sitz, Sitzplatz, Sitzgelegenheit, Stuhl, Sitzmöbel
murmured - gemurmelt; Rauschen
remained - geblieben; Überrest (2), de
insisted - darauf bestanden; auf , bestehen
"Prithee, insist not, my lord; it is not meet that they sit in thy presence."
insist - darauf bestehen; auf , bestehen
The Lord St. John was announced, and after making obeisance to Tom, he said-
announced - angekündigt; ankündigen, verkünden, bekanntgeben, verkündigen
obeisance - Verbeugung; Ehrerbietung
"I come upon the King’s errand, concerning a matter which requireth privacy. Will it please your royal highness to dismiss all that attend you here, save my lord the Earl of Hertford?"
errand - Besorgungen; Besorgung, Auftrag
concerning - Was bedeutet das; Sorge, Anliegen
requireth - erfordert
privacy - Zurückgezogenheit, Privatsphäre, Privatheit
dismiss - jdn. des Platzes verweisen;aufgeben, feuern (entlassen), vom Amt absetzen
attend - teilnehmen; (to attend) mit etwas verbunden sein
Observing that Tom did not seem to know how to proceed, Hertford whispered him to make a sign with his hand, and not trouble himself to speak unless he chose. When the waiting gentlemen had retired, Lord St. John said-
proceed - fortfahren; vorgehen
Unless - wenn nicht, es sei denn
retired - im Ruhestand; pensionieren, zurücktreten, sich zurückziehen
"His majesty commandeth, that for due and weighty reasons of state, the prince’s grace shall hide his infirmity in all ways that be within his power, till it be passed and he be as he was before. To wit, that he shall deny to none that he is the true prince, and heir to England’s greatness; that he shall uphold his princely dignity, and shall receive, without word or sign of protest, that reverence and observance which unto it do appertain of right and ancient usage; that he shall cease to speak to any of that lowly birth and life his malady hath conjured out of the unwholesome imaginings of o’er-wrought fancy; that he shall strive with diligence to bring unto his memory again those faces which he was wont to know-and where he faileth he shall hold his peace, neither betraying by semblance of surprise or other sign that he hath forgot; that upon occasions of state, whensoever any matter shall perplex him as to the thing he should do or the utterance he should make, he shall show nought of unrest to the curious that look on, but take advice in that matter of the Lord Hertford, or my humble self, which are commanded of the King to be upon this service and close at call, till this commandment be dissolved. Thus saith the King’s majesty, who sendeth greeting to your royal highness, and prayeth that God will of His mercy quickly heal you and have you now and ever in His holy keeping.
commandeth - befiehlt
weighty - wichtig; schwergewichtig
state - Umstände ;Status , Zustand , Stand , Staat ;staatlich;darlegen, festlegen, konstatieren, festsetzen;Bundesland
hide - verbergen, verheimlichen, verstecken, verdecken
infirmity - Gebrechen; Gebrechlichkeit
power - Macht, Kraft, Großmacht, Stärke, Strom
deny - verweigern, leugnen;gegen jdn. retten
greatness - Großartigkeit; Größe
uphold - hochheben, hochhalten, aufrecht halten, aufrechterhalten
receive - bekommen, erhalten, empfangen, kriegen
protest - protestieren, demonstrieren, Einspruch erheben, Einwände äußern
observance - Beobachtung; Beachtung
unto - zu
appertain - gehören
usage - Verwendung, Benutzung, Anwendung, Brauch, Gebrauch
cease - aufhören, einstellen
lowly - niedrig, einfach, bescheiden, demütig
conjured - beschworen; zaubern, herbeirufen, hervorrufen, heraufbeschwören
unwholesome - ungesund
fancy - schick; extravagant, originell
diligence - Sorgfalt; Fleiß, Eifer
memory - Gedächtnis; Erinnerung; Speicher
wont - nicht
faileth - scheitert
betraying - verraten, im Stich lassen, verraten, verraten, verraten
semblance - Anschein
surprise - Überraschung; Überraschung
occasions - Anlässe; Gelegenheit, Gelegenheit, Anlass
whensoever - wann auch immer
perplex - verblüfft; verwirren
utterance - Äußerung
nought - nichts; null
unrest - Unruhe
Curious - neugierig, sonderbar, merkwürdig
self - Selbst
commanded - befohlen; Befehl, Kommando
at call - sofort verfügbar
commandment - Gebot
Dissolved - AUFLÖSUNG; auflösen, auflösen, auflösen
thus - also; auf diese Weise, so, demnach, folglich, dieses
sendeth - sendet
greeting - Gruß, Begrüßung; (greet); Gruß, Begrüßung
prayeth - bittet
heal - verheilen, abheilen, heilen
holy - heilig
The Lord St. John made reverence and stood aside. Tom replied resignedly-
resignedly - Resigniert
"The King hath said it. None may palter with the King’s command, or fit it to his ease, where it doth chafe, with deft evasions. The King shall be obeyed."
palter with - sein Spiel treiben mit
fit - passen; (to be fit) in Form sein
ease - Leichtigkeit, Mühelosigkeit, Behaglichkeit, Bequemlichkeit
chafe - scheuern; Reibungswärme; Schürfwunde, Verschleiß, Abnutzung
deft - flink; geschickt
evasions - Ausweichmanöver; Umgehung, Ausweichen
Lord Hertford said-
"Touching the King’s majesty’s ordainment concerning books and such like serious matters, it may peradventure please your highness to ease your time with lightsome entertainment, lest you go wearied to the banquet and suffer harm thereby."
touching - (to touch) anfassen, streifen, berühren; (touch); anfassen
ordainment - Weihe
serious - ernst, seriös, ernsthaft, schwerwiegend
lightsome - leichtfüßig
entertainment - Unterhaltung
wearied - müde, müde
banquet - Festmahl, Bankett, Gastmahl, Festessen
harm - Schaden
Tom’s face showed inquiring surprise; and a blush followed when he saw Lord St. John’s eyes bent sorrowfully upon him. His lordship said-
inquiring - Erkundigen Sie sich; erkundigen
blush - Schamröte; erröten, sich schämen
sorrowfully - bedauernd
Lordship - der Herr; Herrschaft
"Thy memory still wrongeth thee, and thou hast shown surprise-but suffer it not to trouble thee, for ‘tis a matter that will not bide, but depart with thy mending malady. My Lord of Hertford speaketh of the city’s banquet which the King’s majesty did promise, some two months flown, your highness should attend. Thou recallest it now?"
wrongeth - Unrecht tun
bide - ausharren; erwarten, abwarten
depart - abreisen; verlassen, aufbrechen, abweichen
mending - Ausbessern; instandsetzend, reparierend
promise - Versprechen
recallest - Rückrufaktion
"It grieves me to confess it had indeed escaped me," said Tom, in a hesitating voice; and blushed again.
grieves - trauert; weh tun, kränken, bekümmern; sich grämen (über)
confess - gestehen, bekennen, verraten, beichten
escaped - entkommen; entgehen, entgehen, ausweichen, davonkommen, Flucht
hesitating - zögernd; zögern, zögern, stammeln
blushed - errötet; Schamröte; erröten, sich schämen
At this moment the Lady Elizabeth and the Lady Jane Grey were announced. The two lords exchanged significant glances, and Hertford stepped quickly toward the door. As the young girls passed him, he said in a low voice-
exchanged - ausgetauscht; austauschen, umtauschen, tauschen
significant - bedeutsam; signifikant, bedeutend
glances - blicken, Blick, Streifblick, Glanz, Steinkohle
stepped - getreten; treten, treten (du trittst
"I pray ye, ladies, seem not to observe his humours, nor show surprise when his memory doth lapse-it will grieve you to note how it doth stick at every trifle."
humours - Stimmungen; Humor, Laune, Humor, Stimmung, Körpersaft, Saft
lapse - Entgleisung, Ausrutscher, Verfallen, Erlöschen, Verfall
grieve - trauern; weh tun, kränken, bekümmern; sich grämen (über)
stick - stich!, ich/er/sie stäche, ich/er/sie stach; Schläger
trifle - eine Lappalie; Trifle; Kleinigkeit, ein bisschen, ein wenig
Meantime Lord St. John was saying in Tom’s ear-
meantime - Inzwischen; unterdessen
"Please you, sir, keep diligently in mind his majesty’s desire. Remember all thou canst-seem to remember all else. Let them not perceive that thou art much changed from thy wont, for thou knowest how tenderly thy old play-fellows bear thee in their hearts and how ‘twould grieve them. Art willing, sir, that I remain?-and thine uncle?"
perceive - wahrnehmen
knowest - kennen
fellows - Kameraden; Stipendiat, Typ, Kerl, Bursche; Gefährte, Kerl
hearts - Herzen; Herz, Herzstück
Tom signified assent with a gesture and a murmured word, for he was already learning, and in his simple heart was resolved to acquit himself as best he might, according to the King’s command.
signified - bedeutet; Signifikat; (signify); bedeuten
assent - zustimmen, behaupten
simple - einfach, simpel
acquit - freisprechen, für unschuldig erklären, befreien, degagieren
In spite of every precaution, the conversation among the young people became a little embarrassing at times. More than once, in truth, Tom was near to breaking down and confessing himself unequal to his tremendous part; but the tact of the Princess Elizabeth saved him, or a word from one or the other of the vigilant lords, thrown in apparently by chance, had the same happy effect.
spite - Bosheit; trotz
precaution - Vorsorge; Vorsichtsmaßnahme
embarrassing - Peinlich; verlegen machen, demütigen, kränken
breaking down - schlappmachend
confessing - gestehen, bekennen, verraten, beichten
unequal - ungleich
tremendous - ungeheuerlich
tact - Takt, Taktgefühl
princess - Prinzessin, Königstochter
vigilant - Wachsam
thrown in - eingeworfen
apparently - offensichtlich, offenbar, scheinbar, anscheinend
by chance - zufällig
Once the little Lady Jane turned to Tom and dismayed him with this question,-
dismayed - konsterniert; Furcht, Ohnmacht
"Hast paid thy duty to the Queen’s majesty to-day, my lord?"
Duty - Die Pflicht; Pflicht; Schicht, Arbeitszeit, Zoll, Einfuhrsteuer
Queen - Königin; Dame; Tunte; Kätzin
Tom hesitated, looked distressed, and was about to stammer out something at hazard, when Lord St. John took the word and answered for him with the easy grace of a courtier accustomed to encounter delicate difficulties and to be ready for them-
hazard - Zufall; Gefahr; Hindernis; riskieren, hasardieren
courtier - Höfling; Schmeichler
accustomed - Gewöhnt; gewöhnen, gewöhnen
encounter - mit etw. in Berührung kommen;entgegentreten, sich begegnen, treffen auf;Begegnung , Treffen , Zusammenstoß
delicate - empfindlich, heikel, schwierig, feingliedrig, filigran
difficulties - Schwierigkeiten; Schwierigkeit
"He hath indeed, madam, and she did greatly hearten him, as touching his majesty’s condition; is it not so, your highness?"
madam - gnädige Frau; Frau, Fräulein ''(traditionally
greatly - sehr; außerordentlich, großartig
hearten - ermutigen
Tom mumbled something that stood for assent, but felt that he was getting upon dangerous ground. Somewhat later it was mentioned that Tom was to study no more at present, whereupon her little ladyship exclaimed-
mumbled - gemurmelt; murmeln, nuscheln, mümmeln, Murmeln
stood for - (stand for) bedeuten
ground - Masse (elektrisch); Erdboden, Grund, Boden
mentioned - erwähnt; Erwähnung, erwähnen
ladyship - Ladyschaft; erman: die#German
"‘Tis a pity, ‘tis a pity! Thou wert proceeding bravely. But bide thy time in patience: it will not be for long. Thou’lt yet be graced with learning like thy father, and make thy tongue master of as many languages as his, good my prince."
proceeding - Wie geht es weiter; fortsetzend, verfahrend; (proceed); vorgehen
patience - Geduld
graced - begnadet; Tischgebet
"My father!" cried Tom, off his guard for the moment. "I trow he cannot speak his own so that any but the swine that kennel in the styes may tell his meaning; and as for learning of any sort soever-"
guard - Wächter; Parierstange; Schutz; schützen, bewachen
trow - (arch) Gewölbe, Bogen, Fußrücken
styes - das Gerstenkorn
soever - wie auch immer; auch immer
He looked up and encountered a solemn warning in my Lord St. John’s eyes.
warning - Warnung, Mahnung, Achtung; (warn); warnen, mahnen
He stopped, blushed, then continued low and sadly: "Ah, my malady persecuteth me again, and my mind wandereth. I meant the King’s grace no irreverence."
sadly - traurig, traurigerweise
persecuteth - Verfolgt
wandereth - wandert
irreverence - Respektlosigkeit, Unerheblichkeit
"We know it, sir," said the Princess Elizabeth, taking her ‘brother’s’ hand between her two palms, respectfully but caressingly; "trouble not thyself as to that. The fault is none of thine, but thy distemper’s."
palms - Palmen; Palme, Schaufel (am Geweih)
respectfully - respektvoll
caressingly - zärtlich
fault - Fehler; Schuld; Fehler, Charakterschwäche, Verfehlung
"Thou’rt a gentle comforter, sweet lady," said Tom, gratefully, "and my heart moveth me to thank thee for’t, an’ I may be so bold."
comforter - Trostspender; Tröster; Bettdecke, Plumeau, Plümo
gratefully - dankbar
moveth - bewegt sich
bold - kräftig, kühn, klar, keck, heftig, deutlich, fett
Once the giddy little Lady Jane fired a simple Greek phrase at Tom. The Princess Elizabeth’s quick eye saw by the serene blankness of the target’s front that the shaft was overshot; so she tranquilly delivered a return volley of sounding Greek on Tom’s behalf, and then straightway changed the talk to other matters.
giddy - schwindlig; schwindelig; schwindelerregend; aufgedreht
serene - Gelassenheit; heiter
blankness - Leere
target - Zielscheibe, Schießscheibe, Ziel, zielen
shaft - Welle; Schaft; Strahl; Schacht; hereinlegen, übervorteilen
overshot - über das Ziel hinausgeschossen; hinausgeschossen; (overshoot) über das Ziel hinausgeschossen; hinausgeschossen
tranquilly - ruhig
delivered - geliefert; erlösen, befreien, gebären, liefern, abliefern
volley - Salve; Volley
behalf - für; Vorteil, Nutzen, Interesse
straightway - ohne Umschweife; schnurstracks
Time wore on pleasantly, and likewise smoothly, on the whole. Snags and sandbars grew less and less frequent, and Tom grew more and more at his ease, seeing that all were so lovingly bent upon helping him and overlooking his mistakes.
wore on - (wear on) voranschreiten
pleasantly - angenehme, angenehm
smoothly - reibungslos; ruhig, weich
snags - Hindernisse; Aststumpf, Pferdefuß, Zahnstumpf
sandbars - Sandbänke; Sandbank
frequent - häufig; aufsuchen
overlooking - Übersicht, Überblick, bemerken
When it came out that the little ladies were to accompany him to the Lord Mayor’s banquet in the evening, his heart gave a bound of relief and delight, for he felt that he should not be friendless, now, among that multitude of strangers; whereas, an hour earlier, the idea of their going with him would have been an insupportable terror to him.
accompany - begleiten, geleiten, beiliegen
mayor - Bürgermeister, Bürgermeisterin
bound - gebunden; Sprung; (bind); binden; verbinden, konnektieren
relief - Erleichterung, Befreiung, Linderung, Unterstützung
multitude - Vielfältigkeit; Vielzahl, Menge, Menschenmenge, Volk
strangers - Fremde, Fremdling, Unbekannte
insupportable - untragbar
Tom’s Guardian Angels, the two lords, had had less comfort in the interview than the other parties to it. They felt much as if they were piloting a great ship through a dangerous channel; they were on the alert constantly, and found their office no child’s play. Wherefore, at last, when the ladies’ visit was drawing to a close and the Lord Guilford Dudley was announced, they not only felt that their charge had been sufficiently taxed for the present, but also that they themselves were not in the best condition to take their ship back and make their anxious voyage all over again.
Guardian Angels - (Guardian Angel) Schutzengel
piloting - Piloten; lotsend, Steuerung (Flugzeug); (pilot); Pilot, Pilotin
ship - verschicken, verschiffen, abfertigen, befördern; Schiff
Channel - kanalisieren; Kanal
on the alert - in Alarmbereitschaft
constantly - ständig; regelmäßig; konstant
charge - Gebühr; Entgelt; Ladung; Last; Rempeln; beauftragen, belasten
taxed - besteuert; strapazieren, besteuern; Steuer (auf); Abgabe
anxious - ängstlich, besorgt
Voyage - Die Reise; Reise
So they respectfully advised Tom to excuse himself, which he was very glad to do, although a slight shade of disappointment might have been observed upon my Lady Jane’s face when she heard the splendid stripling denied admittance.
advised - raten, beraten, empfehlen, mitteilen, informieren, verständigen
Excuse - Wie bitte; entschuldigen, verzeihen, sich entschuldigen
although - obwohl, obschon, trotzdem
shade - Schatten; Vorhang; Farbton; schattieren
observed - beobachtet; beobachten, beachten, halten, bemerken
stripling - Streifenhörnchen; Jüngling
denied - verweigert; leugnen, bestreiten, dementieren
admittance - Scheinleitwert, Zutritt, Eintritt
There was a pause now, a sort of waiting silence which Tom could not understand. He glanced at Lord Hertford, who gave him a sign-but he failed to understand that also. The ready Elizabeth came to the rescue with her usual easy grace. She made reverence and said-
pause - Eine Pause; pausieren, innehalten, Pause
glanced - geschaut; blicken, Blick, Streifblick, Glanz, Steinkohle
rescue - retten; Rettung
"Have we leave of the prince’s grace my brother to go?"
Tom said-
"Indeed your ladyships can have whatsoever of me they will, for the asking; yet would I rather give them any other thing that in my poor power lieth, than leave to take the light and blessing of their presence hence. Give ye good den, and God be with ye!
ladyships - Meine Damen und Herren; erman: die#German
whatsoever - wie auch immer; überhaupt
blessing - Segen, Segnung, Segnen, Segnen; (bless); Segen, Segnung, Segnen
den - Höhle
Then he smiled inwardly at the thought, "‘Tis not for nought I have dwelt but among princes in my reading, and taught my tongue some slight trick of their broidered and gracious speech withal!"
smiled - gelächelt; Lächeln
inwardly - innerlich
dwelt - wohnte; leben, verbleiben, wohnen, verweilen
trick - List, Falle, Finte, Trick, Trick
broidered - besticken
When the illustrious maidens were gone, Tom turned wearily to his keepers and said-
illustrious - erlaucht; glorreich
maidens - Jungfrauen; Jungfrau, Jungfrau
wearily - müde
keepers - Hüter, Wächter, Hüter, Torwart, Tormann
"May it please your lordships to grant me leave to go into some corner and rest me?"
lordships - Herrschaften; der Herr, Herrschaft
Lord Hertford said-
"So please your highness, it is for you to command, it is for us to obey. That thou should’st rest is indeed a needful thing, since thou must journey to the city presently."
obey - gehorchen; befolgen
needful - nötig, das Nötige, notwendig
He touched a bell, and a page appeared, who was ordered to desire the presence of Sir William Herbert. This gentleman came straightway, and conducted Tom to an inner apartment. Tom’s first movement there was to reach for a cup of water; but a silk-and-velvet servitor seized it, dropped upon one knee, and offered it to him on a golden salver.
touched - berührt; anfassen, berühren, rühren, Berührung, Berührung
bell - Klingel, Schelle, Glocke
appeared - erschienen; erscheinen, auftauchen, erscheinen, auftauchen
William - Wilhelm
gentleman - Herr; Herr, meine Herren
reach - erreichen; erzielen, greifen (nach)
silk - Seide
velvet - Samt
servitor - Diener; Stipendiat
offered - angeboten; offerieren, anbieten, bieten, zeigen; Antrag
salver - Salve; Tablett
Next the tired captive sat down and was going to take off his buskins, timidly asking leave with his eye, but another silk-and-velvet discomforter went down upon his knees and took the office from him. He made two or three further efforts to help himself, but being promptly forestalled each time, he finally gave up, with a sigh of resignation and a murmured "Beshrew me, but I marvel they do not require to breathe for me also!
discomforter - Unbehaglicher
efforts - Anstrengungen; Anstrengung, Aufwand
forestalled - vorgebeugt; verhindern
resignation - Rücktritt, Niederlegung, Kündigung, Rücktrittserklärung
Beshrew - (arch) Gewölbe, Bogen, Fußrücken
marvel - bewundern; wundern
breathe - atmen; einatmen; hauchen
Slippered, and wrapped in a sumptuous robe, he laid himself down at last to rest, but not to sleep, for his head was too full of thoughts and the room too full of people. He could not dismiss the former, so they stayed; he did not know enough to dismiss the latter, so they stayed also, to his vast regret-and theirs.
slippered - ausgezogen; Hausschuh, Latschen, Pantoffel, Patschen, Puschen
robe - Gewand; Robe
laid - gelegt; richten (Tisch)
dismiss - entlassen; abweisen, einstellen, zurückweisen
regret - bedauern, bereuen, leidtun, Reue, Bedauern
Tom’s departure had left his two noble guardians alone. They mused a while, with much head-shaking and walking the floor, then Lord St. John said-
departure - Abreise; Abfahrt
guardians - Wächter, Wache, Vormund, Erziehungsberechtigter
mused - überlegt; Muse
shaking - schüttelnd, erschütternd; (shake); schütteln, erschüttern
"Plainly, what dost thou think?"
plainly - klar und deutlich; klar
"Plainly, then, this. The King is near his end; my nephew is mad-mad will mount the throne, and mad remain. God protect England, since she will need it!"
nephew - Neffe
mount - Reittier, Berg, Lafette (Waffe); einbauen, aufsteigen
protect - schützen, beschützen
"Verily it promiseth so, indeed. But . . . have you no misgivings as to . . . as to . . ."
verily - wahrhaftig; wahrlich; gewiss, natürlich, sicher
promiseth - verheißt
misgivings - Befürchtungen; Zweifel
The speaker hesitated, and finally stopped. He evidently felt that he was upon delicate ground. Lord Hertford stopped before him, looked into his face with a clear, frank eye, and said-
speaker - Sprecher, Sprecherin, Lautsprecher, Vorsitzender, Vorsitzende
evidently - offensichtlich
frank - freimütig, offen
"Speak on-there is none to hear but me. Misgivings as to what?"
"I am full loth to word the thing that is in my mind, and thou so near to him in blood, my lord. But craving pardon if I do offend, seemeth it not strange that madness could so change his port and manner?-not but that his port and speech are princely still, but that they differ, in one unweighty trifle or another, from what his custom was aforetime.
craving - Sehnsucht (nach); flehend, heftiges Verlangen; (crave); sehnen
offend - beleidigen, checkverletzen, ergern
madness - Wahnsinn, Verrücktheit, Tollheit
differ - sich unterscheiden
unweighty - ungewichtig
custom - Brauch, Gewohnheit, Sitte, Usus, Zoll, maßgeschneidert
aforetime - früher
Seemeth it not strange that madness should filch from his memory his father’s very lineaments; the customs and observances that are his due from such as be about him; and, leaving him his Latin, strip him of his Greek and French? My lord, be not offended, but ease my mind of its disquiet and receive my grateful thanks. It haunteth me, his saying he was not the prince, and so-"
filch - filzen; klauen
lineaments - Züge; Zug, Charakterzug
customs - Brauch, Gewohnheit, Gewohnheit, Brauch, Sitte, Usus, Gewohnheit
observances - Beobachtungen; Beachtung
offended - beleidigt; beleidigen, beleidigen, de
disquiet - Beunruhigung, Unbehagen, beunruhigen
haunteth - spukt
"Peace, my lord, thou utterest treason! Hast forgot the King’s command? Remember I am party to thy crime if I but listen."
utterest - äußerst
crime - Straftat; Verbrechen; Kriminalität
St. John paled, and hastened to say-
paled - blass; Kumpel, Kamerad
hastened to - zugeeilt
"I was in fault, I do confess it. Betray me not, grant me this grace out of thy courtesy, and I will neither think nor speak of this thing more. Deal not hardly with me, sir, else am I ruined."
betray - verraten; im Stich lassen, von etwas zeugen, verleiten
courtesy - Höflichkeit
ruined - ruiniert; Ruine, Ruin, Ruin, ruinieren, auf die Knie zwingen
"I am content, my lord. So thou offend not again, here or in the ears of others, it shall be as though thou hadst not spoken. But thou need’st not have misgivings. He is my sister’s son; are not his voice, his face, his form, familiar to me from his cradle? Madness can do all the odd conflicting things thou seest in him, and more. Dost not recall how that the old Baron Marley, being mad, forgot the favour of his own countenance that he had known for sixty years, and held it was another’s; nay, even claimed he was the son of Mary Magdalene, and that his head was made of Spanish glass; and, sooth to say, he suffered none to touch it, lest by mischance some heedless hand might shiver it?
content - Inhalt; (to be content with) sich mit etwas begnügen
not again - Oh nein, nicht schon wieder
familiar - vertraut; bekannt
cradle - Wiege; wiegen
conflicting - widersprüchlich; Konflikt, Streit, Gegensatz, Konflikt
recall - zurückrufen; erinnern
Baron - Baron, Freiherr
favour - Gefallen; begünstigen, bevorzugen
held - gehalten; innehaben
Nay - Nein; oder sogar
claimed - behauptet; Anspruch, Rechtstitel, Anspruch, Behauptung
Magdalene - Magdalena
Spanish - spanisch; Spanisch; Spanier
touch - anfassen, berühren, Berührung, Tasten, Spur
heedless - rücksichtslos; unachtsam, achtlos, nicht beachtend, unaufmerksam
shiver - Schauder, Schauer, zittern, frösteln
Give thy misgivings easement, good my lord. This is the very prince-I know him well-and soon will be thy king; it may advantage thee to bear this in mind, and more dwell upon it than the other."
easement - Dienstbarkeit
advantage - Vorteil; Vorzug
dwell - leben, verbleiben, wohnen, verweilen
After some further talk, in which the Lord St. John covered up his mistake as well as he could by repeated protests that his faith was thoroughly grounded now, and could not be assailed by doubts again, the Lord Hertford relieved his fellow-keeper, and sat down to keep watch and ward alone. He was soon deep in meditation, and evidently the longer he thought, the more he was bothered. By-and-by he began to pace the floor and mutter.
covered up - zugedeckt
protests - Proteste; protestieren, demonstrieren, Einspruch erheben
Faith - Glaube; Vertrauen
thoroughly - gründlich, vollkommen, total, durch und durch
grounded - Hausarrest; Masse (elektrisch); Erdboden, Grund, Boden
assailed - angegriffen; angreifen
doubts - bezweifeln, zweifeln, Zweifel
relieved - Erleichtert; erleichtern, lindern, entlasten, ablösen
keeper - Hüter; Wächter, Hüter, Torwart, Tormann
ward - Station; abwehren, abhalten
meditation - Meditation
bothered - belästigt; stören, verdammt, Mist
pace - Tempo, Stufe, Schritt
mutter - murmeln; (mut) murmeln
"Tush, he must be the prince! Will any be in all the land maintain there can be two, not of one blood and birth, so marvellously twinned? And even were it so, ‘twere yet a stranger miracle that chance should cast the one into the other’s place. Nay, ‘tis folly, folly, folly!"
tush - Hintern
maintain - unterhalten, warten, beibehalten, aufrechterhalten
marvellously - fabelhaft
twinned - Partnerschaften; doppelt, Zwilling
Stranger - Ein Fremder; Fremde, Fremdling
folly - Wahnsinn; Torheit, Narrheit, Dummheit, Tollheit
Presently he said-
"Now were he impostor and called himself prince, look you that would be natural; that would be reasonable. But lived ever an impostor yet, who, being called prince by the king, prince by the court, prince by all, denied his dignity and pleaded against his exaltation? No! By the soul of St. Swithin, no! This is the true prince, gone mad!"
impostor - Hochstapler, Betrüger
be reasonable - mit sich reden lassen
being called - heißend
pleaded - plädiert; plädieren, bekennen, (dringend) bitten, anflehen
exaltation - Erhöhen, Erhöhung
Somewhat after one in the afternoon, Tom resignedly underwent the ordeal of being dressed for dinner. He found himself as finely clothed as before, but everything different, everything changed, from his ruff to his stockings. He was presently conducted with much state to a spacious and ornate apartment, where a table was already set for one. Its furniture was all of massy gold, and beautified with designs which well-nigh made it priceless, since they were the work of Benvenuto. The room was half-filled with noble servitors. A chaplain said grace, and Tom was about to fall to, for hunger had long been constitutional with him, but was interrupted by my lord the Earl of Berkeley, who fastened a napkin about his neck; for the great post of Diaperers to the Prince of Wales was hereditary in this nobleman’s family. Tom’s cupbearer was present, and forestalled all his attempts to help himself to wine. The Taster to his highness the Prince of Wales was there also, prepared to taste any suspicious dish upon requirement, and run the risk of being poisoned.
underwent - unterzog; durchmachen
ordeal - Tortur; Gottesurteil, Feuerprobe
finely - fein
as before - wie bisher, wie zuvor, wie vorher
ruff - zerzaust; Krause; Kampfläufer (Vogel)
state - Staat, Land, Bundesland, Zustand, erklären, darlegen, nennen
spacious - geräumig; weiträumig
ornate - verschnörkelt; schnörkelhaft, verziert
furniture - Möbel
massy - massig
gold - Gold
beautified - verschönert; verschönern, ausschmücken
nigh - naht; nahe, nah bei, beinahe, nahezu
priceless - preislos, unbezahlbar
servitors - Diener; Stipendiat
chaplain - Kaplan, Kaplanin, Seelsorger, Seelsorgerin
fall to - zufallen
constitutional - verfassungsmäßig; verfassungsgemäß
interrupted - unterbrochen; unterbrechen
napkin - Serviette, Mundtuch
nobleman - Edelmann, Adeliger, Adliger, Aristokrat
cupbearer - Mundschenk, Mundschenkin
attempts - versuchen, Versuch, Bestreben
taster - Kostprobe
suspicious - verdächtig; misstrauisch, argwöhnisch
requirement - Anforderung
Risk - Risiko; riskieren; wagen
poisoned - vergiftet; Gift
He was only an ornamental appendage at this time, and was seldom called upon to exercise his function; but there had been times, not many generations past, when the office of taster had its perils, and was not a grandeur to be desired. Why they did not use a dog or a plumber seems strange; but all the ways of royalty are strange. My Lord d’Arcy, First Groom of the Chamber, was there, to do goodness knows what; but there he was-let that suffice. The Lord Chief Butler was there, and stood behind Tom’s chair, overseeing the solemnities, under command of the Lord Great Steward and the Lord head cook, who stood near. Tom had three hundred and eighty-four servants beside these; but they were not all in that room, of course, nor the quarter of them; neither was Tom aware yet that they existed.
appendage - Anhängsel; Extremität, Körperglied, Gliedmaße, Auswuchs
seldom - selten
function - Funktion, Funktionalität, Aufgabe, Feier
generations - Generationen; Generation, Geschlecht
perils - Gefahren; Gefahr, Risiko
desired - gewünscht; begehren, begehren, Begehren
plumber - Bleiarbeiter, Bleiarbeiterin, Klempner, Klempnerin
Seems - Scheint; scheinen, dünken
groom - Bräutigam; Stallmeister, Stallknecht; loipen
chamber - Raum, Schlafzimmer, Kammer
goodness - Güte, Gütigkeit
suffice - ausreichen, genügen, genug sein, zufriedenstellen
chief - Häuptling, Oberhaupt, Chef
butler - Butler
overseeing - überblicken, beaufsichtigen, überwachen, leiten, managen
solemnities - Feierlichkeiten; Hochfest
steward - Verwalter
head cook - Chefkoch
beside - daneben; neben
aware - wachsam, gewahr, bewusst, checkgewahr
existed - existierte; bestehen, existieren
All those that were present had been well drilled within the hour to remember that the prince was temporarily out of his head, and to be careful to show no surprise at his vagaries. These ‘vagaries’ were soon on exhibition before them; but they only moved their compassion and their sorrow, not their mirth. It was a heavy affliction to them to see the beloved prince so stricken.
drilled - gebohrt; einexerzieren, abrichten, drillen; Bohrer
temporarily - vorübergehend
careful - vorsichtig, behutsam, sorgfältig
vagaries - Unwägbarkeiten; Unwägbarkeit, Laune
exhibition - Ausstellung
compassion - Mitleid, Erbarmen, Mitgefühl
affliction - Bedrängnis; Leiden, Behinderung
beloved - beliebt, geliebt, Liebe, Liebchen, Liebling; (belove); beliebt
Poor Tom ate with his fingers mainly; but no one smiled at it, or even seemed to observe it. He inspected his napkin curiously, and with deep interest, for it was of a very dainty and beautiful fabric, then said with simplicity-
fingers - fingern
mainly - hauptsächlich
inspected - inspiziert; begutachten, untersuchen, inspizieren, inspizieren
fabric - Stoff; Bau, Rohbau, Struktur, Gewebe, Textil
simplicity - Einfachheit
"Prithee, take it away, lest in mine unheedfulness it be soiled."
unheedfulness - Unachtsamkeit
soiled - verschmutzt; Boden, (Erd-) Boden; beflecken, beschmutzen
The Hereditary Diaperer took it away with reverent manner, and without word or protest of any sort.
Tom examined the turnips and the lettuce with interest, and asked what they were, and if they were to be eaten; for it was only recently that men had begun to raise these things in England in place of importing them as luxuries from Holland. {1} His question was answered with grave respect, and no surprise manifested. When he had finished his dessert, he filled his pockets with nuts; but nobody appeared to be aware of it, or disturbed by it. But the next moment he was himself disturbed by it, and showed discomposure; for this was the only service he had been permitted to do with his own hands during the meal, and he did not doubt that he had done a most improper and unprincely thing. At that moment the muscles of his nose began to twitch, and the end of that organ to lift and wrinkle. This continued, and Tom began to evince a growing distress.
turnips - Rüben; Speiserübe; Mairübe, Teltower Rübchen
lettuce - Gartensalat, Salat; q
recently - in letzter Zeit; neulich, kürzlich, letztens, unlängst
importing - einführen; importieren; Einfuhr
luxuries - Luxusgüter; Luxus, Luxus, Luxus
Holland - Holland
dessert - Nachtisch, Nachspeise, Dessert
pockets - Taschen; Tasche
nuts - Nüsse; Schraubenmutter, Nuß
disturbed - beunruhigt; stören
discomposure - Verwirrung; Aufregung
permitted - erlaubt; zulassen, erlauben; Erlaubnis, Erlaubnisschein
most improper - ungebührlichste
unprincely - unprätentiös
muscles - Muskeln; Muskel
twitch - zucken; zupfen
organ - Organ; Orgel
lift - Lüften (Bremse), Lift, Aufzug; fördern, Auftrieb geben, heben
wrinkle - Faltenbildung; sich runzeln, runzlig (runzelig) werden, knittern
evince - bekunden, zeigen, zum Vorschein bringen, an den Tag legen
He looked appealingly, first at one and then another of the lords about him, and tears came into his eyes. They sprang forward with dismay in their faces, and begged to know his trouble. Tom said with genuine anguish-
appealingly - ansprechend
then another - Er spricht mal so, mal so.
genuine - echt, original, genuin
anguish - Ängste; Pein, Angst, Qual
"I crave your indulgence: my nose itcheth cruelly. What is the custom and usage in this emergence? Prithee, speed, for ‘tis but a little time that I can bear it."
crave - sehnen
indulgence - Ablasshandel; Nachgiebigkeit, Nachsicht, Milde, Nachsichtigkeit
itcheth - juckt
cruelly - grausam
emergence - Auftauchen; Emergenz
None smiled; but all were sore perplexed, and looked one to the other in deep tribulation for counsel. But behold, here was a dead wall, and nothing in English history to tell how to get over it. The master of ceremonies was not present: there was no one who felt safe to venture upon this uncharted sea, or risk the attempt to solve this solemn problem. Alas! there was no Hereditary Scratcher. Meantime the tears had overflowed their banks, and begun to trickle down Tom’s cheeks. His twitching nose was pleading more urgently than ever for relief.
perplexed - perplex; verwirren
tribulation - Trübsal, Drangsal
counsel - Ratschläge; Beratung; Rat, Ratschlag, Anwalt, Anwältin
behold - betrachten, sehen, schauen, anschauen
dead - tot, gestorben, leblos, bewegungslos, regungslos, erstarrt
master of ceremonies - Zeremonienmeister
safe - sicher, gefahrlos, Tresor, Safe, Geldschrank
Venture - Wagnis
uncharted - unerkannt
attempt - versuchen; Versuch, Bestreben, Bestrebung, Anschlag, Attentat
solve - lösen
Alas - leider [Gottes]; (ala) leider [Gottes]
Scratcher - (scratch) Kratzer, Gekritzel
overflowed - übergelaufen; überfließen, überlaufen, überfließen, de
trickle - Rinnsal; Tröpfeln, Getröpfel, träufeln, rieseln
cheeks - Wangen; Backe, qualifierormal, Backe, Stirn, Mick, Pumpenmick
twitching - Zuckungen; zupfend, zupfen; (twitch) Zuckungen; zupfend, zupfen
pleading - flehend; flehentlich, Verteidigungsschrift
urgently - dringend
At last nature broke down the barriers of etiquette: Tom lifted up an inward prayer for pardon if he was doing wrong, and brought relief to the burdened hearts of his court by scratching his nose himself.
nature - Natur, Art
broke down - (break down) aufspalten, versagen, abreißen, zusammen brechen
barriers - Schranken; Sperre, Schranke, qualifier
etiquette - Etikette
lifted - angehoben; Lüften (Bremse), Lift, Aufzug; fördern
inward - innere; innen
burdened - belastet; Refrain, Last, Möller (Hüttenwesen); belasten
scratching - sich kratzen, zerkratzen; (scratch); kratzen; zerkratzen
His meal being ended, a lord came and held before him a broad, shallow, golden dish with fragrant rosewater in it, to cleanse his mouth and fingers with; and my lord the Hereditary Diaperer stood by with a napkin for his use. Tom gazed at the dish a puzzled moment or two, then raised it to his lips, and gravely took a draught. Then he returned it to the waiting lord, and said-
shallow - flach; q
fragrant - duftend, wohlriechend
rosewater - Rosenwasser
cleanse - reinigen, säubern, Reinigung
stood by - beigesprungen
gazed at - angestarrt
lips - Lippen; Lippe, Auslauf, Überlauf, Schnaupe, Ansatz
draught - Tiefgang; Spielstein
"Nay, it likes me not, my lord: it hath a pretty flavour, but it wanteth strength."
flavour - Geschmack, Aroma, Sorte
wanteth - will
This new eccentricity of the prince’s ruined mind made all the hearts about him ache; but the sad sight moved none to merriment.
eccentricity - exzentrisches Verhalten; Exzentrizität
ache - schmerzen; Schmerz
merriment - Heiterkeit; Überschwang, Freude, Spaß
Tom’s next unconscious blunder was to get up and leave the table just when the chaplain had taken his stand behind his chair, and with uplifted hands, and closed, uplifted eyes, was in the act of beginning the blessing. Still nobody seemed to perceive that the prince had done a thing unusual.
blunder - Patzer, Schnitzer, Fehler, Fehlgriff
unusual - ungewöhnlich, unüblich, ungebräuchlich
By his own request our small friend was now conducted to his private cabinet, and left there alone to his own devices. Hanging upon hooks in the oaken wainscoting were the several pieces of a suit of shining steel armour, covered all over with beautiful designs exquisitely inlaid in gold. This martial panoply belonged to the true prince-a recent present from Madam Parr the Queen. Tom put on the greaves, the gauntlets, the plumed helmet, and such other pieces as he could don without assistance, and for a while was minded to call for help and complete the matter, but bethought him of the nuts he had brought away from dinner, and the joy it would be to eat them with no crowd to eye him, and no Grand Hereditaries to pester him with undesired services; so he restored the pretty things to their several places, and soon was cracking nuts, and feeling almost naturally happy for the first time since God for his sins had made him a prince.
request - Anfrage; anfordern, erwünschen, verlangen nach, begehren
private - privat; privat
devices - Geräte; Gerät
hanging - (to hang) hängen, schweben; (hang) (to hang) hängen, schweben
hooks - Haken, Hookline, Haken, haken, haken, einhaken, haken
oaken - Eichenholz; eichen
wainscoting - Vertäfelung; (wainscot) Vertäfelung
suit - Anzug; Anzugträger; Farbe; passen
steel - verstählen; Stahl
armour - Panzer, Rüstung
covered - abgedeckt; Deckel, Abdeckung, Deckung, Versteck
exquisitely - exquisit
inlaid - eingelegt; Plombe
martial - kriegerisch, martialisch, kampflustig, soldatisch, militärisch
panoply - Panoptikum; Palette, Spektrum, Rüstung
belonged - gehörte; zugehören; gehören (zu)
recent - jüngst, neu, kürzlich, frisch
gauntlets - Fehdehandschuhe; Fehdehandschuh, Schutzhandschuh
plumed - gefiedert; Pflaumenbaum; Pflaume, Zwetschke (österr.)
helmet - Helm
bethought - überlegt; besinnen
pester - belästigen
undesired - unerwünscht
services - Dienstleistungen; warten; Bedienung, Dienstleistung, Betrieb
restored - wiederhergestellt; wiederherstellen, restaurieren, restaurieren
cracking - Brennriss, knackend, Haarrisse, geknackt; (crack) Brennriss
naturally - natürlich
sins - Sünden; Sünde, sündigen; eine Sünde begehen
When the nuts were all gone, he stumbled upon some inviting books in a closet, among them one about the etiquette of the English court. This was a prize. He lay down upon a sumptuous divan, and proceeded to instruct himself with honest zeal. Let us leave him there for the present.
stumbled - gestolpert; Stolpern
inviting - einladend; auffordern, einladen
closet - Kleiderschrank; Schrank, Wandschrank, Kammer, Abstellkammer
prize - Prämie, Preis, Gewinn
divan - Diwan
proceeded - fortgefahren; vorgehen
instruct - instruieren, briefen, anweisen
honest - ehrlich, aufrichtig; (hon); ehrlich, aufrichtig
zeal - Eifer, Begeisterung
seal - versiegeln;Siegel , Stempel , Seehund , Robbe ;sich etw. sichern;Plombe
About five o’clock Henry VIII. awoke out of an unrefreshing nap, and muttered to himself, "Troublous dreams, troublous dreams! Mine end is now at hand: so say these warnings, and my failing pulses do confirm it." Presently a wicked light flamed up in his eye, and he muttered, "Yet will not I die till He go before."
unrefreshing - nicht erfrischend
nap - Nickerchen, Schläfchen
troublous - beunruhigend
warnings - Warnungen; Warnung, Mahnung, Warnung, Mahnung, Achtung, Warnung
pulses - Impulse; pulsieren; Impuls, Puls
flamed up - aufgeflammt
His attendants perceiving that he was awake, one of them asked his pleasure concerning the Lord Chancellor, who was waiting without.
perceiving - wahrnehmend, merkend; (perceive); wahrnehmen
Lord Chancellor - Justizminister
"Admit him, admit him!" exclaimed the King eagerly.
admit - einlassen, zulassen, zugeben, eingestehen, erlauben, einweisen
The Lord Chancellor entered, and knelt by the King’s couch, saying-
Chancellor - Kanzler, Kanzlerin, Bundeskanzler, Bundeskanzlerin
entered - eingegeben; reingehen, hineingehen, hereingehen, eintreten
"I have given order, and, according to the King’s command, the peers of the realm, in their robes, do now stand at the bar of the House, where, having confirmed the Duke of Norfolk’s doom, they humbly wait his majesty’s further pleasure in the matter."
peers - Gleichaltrige; seinesgleichen, Beaufsichtigende; schielen
robes - Gewänder; Robe
confirmed - bestätigt; bestätigen, bestätigen, bekräftigen
The King’s face lit up with a fierce joy. Said he-
"Lift me up! In mine own person will I go before my Parliament, and with mine own hand will I seal the warrant that rids me of-"
seal - versiegeln; Siegel, Stempel, Seehund
rids - loswerden; befreien
His voice failed; an ashen pallor swept the flush from his cheeks; and the attendants eased him back upon his pillows, and hurriedly assisted him with restoratives. Presently he said sorrowfully-
ashen - aschfahl; leichenfahl, Eschen
pallor - Blässe
swept - gekehrt; fegen, kehren, fegen, rauschen, auf den Kopf stellen
flush - Wasserspülung, Wallung, Schwall; spülen, ausspülen; rot werden
eased - gelockert; EAS
pillows - Kopfkissen
hurriedly - eilig, hastig, schleuning
restoratives - Wiederherstellungsmittel; erholsam, stärkend, restaurativ
"Alack, how have I longed for this sweet hour! and lo, too late it cometh, and I am robbed of this so coveted chance. But speed ye, speed ye! let others do this happy office sith ‘tis denied to me. I put my Great Seal in commission: choose thou the lords that shall compose it, and get ye to your work. Speed ye, man! Before the sun shall rise and set again, bring me his head that I may see it."
cometh - kommt
robbed - ausgeraubt; rauben, berauben, Raubbau treiben, ausrauben
coveted - begehrt; begehren, sehnen, begehren, de
commission - Auftrag; Kommission, Ausschuss, Abschlußprämie
compose - zusammenstellen, zusammensetzen, komponieren, enthalten, umfasst
"According to the King’s command, so shall it be. Will’t please your majesty to order that the Seal be now restored to me, so that I may forth upon the business?"
"The Seal? Who keepeth the Seal but thou?"
keepeth - behalten
"Please your majesty, you did take it from me two days since, saying it should no more do its office till your own royal hand should use it upon the Duke of Norfolk’s warrant."
"Why, so in sooth I did: I do remember. . . . What did I with it? . . . I am very feeble. . . . So oft these days doth my memory play the traitor with me. . . . ‘Tis strange, strange-"
feeble - kraftlos, schwach, dürftig
traitor - Verräter, Verräterin, Vaterlandsverräter, Vaterlandsverräterin
The King dropped into inarticulate mumblings, shaking his grey head weakly from time to time, and gropingly trying to recollect what he had done with the Seal. At last my Lord Hertford ventured to kneel and offer information-
inarticulate - sprachlos, unfähig zu sprechen, undeutlich, unartikuliert
mumblings - Gemurmel; Genuschel, murmelnd
weakly - Schwach
gropingly - tastend
recollect - Erinnern Sie sich; sich erinnern an
ventured - gewagt; Wagnis
kneel - knien
"Sire, if that I may be so bold, here be several that do remember with me how that you gave the Great Seal into the hands of his highness the Prince of Wales to keep against the day that-"
"True, most true!" interrupted the King. "Fetch it! Go: time flieth!"
Lord Hertford flew to Tom, but returned to the King before very long, troubled and empty-handed. He delivered himself to this effect-
"It grieveth me, my lord the King, to bear so heavy and unwelcome tidings; but it is the will of God that the prince’s affliction abideth still, and he cannot recall to mind that he received the Seal. So came I quickly to report, thinking it were waste of precious time, and little worth withal, that any should attempt to search the long array of chambers and saloons that belong unto his royal high-"
unwelcome - unerwünscht
abideth - verbleibt
waste - Abfall; verschwenden
search - Suche; suchen, absuchen, durchsuchen
chambers - Kammern; Raum, Schlafzimmer
saloons - Salons; Kneipe, Salon; Beize (schweiz. Kneipe)
belong - zugehören; gehören (zu)
A groan from the King interrupted the lord at this point. After a little while his majesty said, with a deep sadness in his tone-
groan - Stöhnen; Seufzen, Ächzen, Knarren
sadness - Traurigkeit; Schicksalsschlag, Pech
"Trouble him no more, poor child. The hand of God lieth heavy upon him, and my heart goeth out in loving compassion for him, and sorrow that I may not bear his burden on mine old trouble-weighted shoulders, and so bring him peace."
goeth - geht
burden - Belastung; Refrain, Last, Möller (Hüttenwesen); belasten
weighted - gewichtet; Gewicht
shoulders - schultern
He closed his eyes, fell to mumbling, and presently was silent. After a time he opened his eyes again, and gazed vacantly around until his glance rested upon the kneeling Lord Chancellor. Instantly his face flushed with wrath-
mumbling - Nuscheln; Genuschel, murmelnd; (mumble); murmeln, nuscheln
vacantly - unbesetzt
glance - blicken; Blick, Streifblick, Glanz, Steinkohle
kneeling - kniend, hinkniend; (kneel); knien
"What, thou here yet! By the glory of God, an’ thou gettest not about that traitor’s business, thy mitre shall have holiday the morrow for lack of a head to grace withal!"
glory - Pracht, Herrlichkeit, Prunk, Gepränge, Ruhm
mitre - Gehrung; Mitra
lack - ermangeln, fehlen
The trembling Chancellor answered-
"Good your Majesty, I cry you mercy! I but waited for the Seal."
"Man, hast lost thy wits? The small Seal which aforetime I was wont to take with me abroad lieth in my treasury. And, since the Great Seal hath flown away, shall not it suffice? Hast lost thy wits? Begone! And hark ye-come no more till thou do bring his head."
treasury - Schatzkammer
flown away - verflogene
begone - verschwinden; fort
The poor Chancellor was not long in removing himself from this dangerous vicinity; nor did the commission waste time in giving the royal assent to the work of the slavish Parliament, and appointing the morrow for the beheading of the premier peer of England, the luckless Duke of Norfolk.
removing - entfernen, beseitigen, verdrängen, umziehen
vicinity - Nähe; Nachbarschaft, Umgebung
waste time - Zeit vergeuden
slavish - sklavisch
appointing - bestimmen, festlegen, ausstatten, ausrüsten, festlegen
beheading - Enthauptung; (behead); enthaupten, köpfen
premier - Premierministerin; Ministerpräzident
peer - seinesgleichen, Beaufsichtigende; schielen, starren
luckless - erfolglos; glücklos
At nine in the evening the whole vast river-front of the palace was blazing with light. The river itself, as far as the eye could reach citywards, was so thickly covered with watermen’s boats and with pleasure-barges, all fringed with coloured lanterns, and gently agitated by the waves, that it resembled a glowing and limitless garden of flowers stirred to soft motion by summer winds.
blazing - lodernd; Lohe, Brand, Großbrand, brenne, Glut
citywards - stadteinwärts
thickly - dick auftragen; dick
barges - Lastkähne; Lastkahn, Schleppkahn
fringed - ausgefranst; Franse, Saum, Einfassung, Rand, Peripherie
lanterns - Laternen; Laterne, Laterne
gently - sanft
agitated - aufgewühlt; aufwühlen, aufrühren, rühren, schütteln, umrühren
waves - Wellen; wehen, winken mit, flattern
resembled - ähnelte; ähneln, gleichen
stirred - gerührt; erschüttern, bewegen, sich rühren
motion - Bewegung
winds - Winde; aufspulen, rollen, blasen, aufwickeln, abspulen
The grand terrace of stone steps leading down to the water, spacious enough to mass the army of a German principality upon, was a picture to see, with its ranks of royal halberdiers in polished armour, and its troops of brilliantly costumed servitors flitting up and down, and to and fro, in the hurry of preparation.
terrace - Dachterrasse; Häuserreihe; Häuserflucht; Stehtribüne; Stehplätze
leading - führend; führen; (lead) führend; führen
army - Heer, Landstreitkräfte, Armee, Heeresamt
German - Deutscher, Deutsche, Germane, Germanin, Achtelcicero, Deutsch
principality - Fürstentum
ranks - Dienstgrade; (sozialer) Stand, Rang, Dienstgrad
halberdiers - Hellebardiere; Hellebardier, Hellebardenträger
polished - poliert; polnisch, Polnisch
brilliantly - glänzend, brillant
costumed - kostümiert; Kostüm
flitting - hüpfend; wandernd; (flit); gaukeln
hurry - Eile; beeilen
preparation - Vorbereitung; Präparat
Presently a command was given, and immediately all living creatures vanished from the steps. Now the air was heavy with the hush of suspense and expectancy. As far as one’s vision could carry, he might see the myriads of people in the boats rise up, and shade their eyes from the glare of lanterns and torches, and gaze toward the palace.
immediately - sofort, alsbald, unverzüglich, auf der Stelle
vanished - verschwunden; verschwinden, vergehen, sich verflüchtigen
Hush - Pst; verstummen, still werden, zum Schweigen bringen, Stille
suspense - Hängen; Spannung, Anspannung
expectancy - Erwartung
vision - Sicht, Sehvermögen, Sehkraft, Augenlicht, Trugbild
myriads - Myriade, Unmenge, Myriaden-p, Unzahl, Vielzahl, unzählig
rise up - sich (gegen jdn.) erheben
glare - Blendung; entrüstetes Starren; missbilligend anstarren
torches - Fackeln; Fackel, anzünden
gaze - Blicken; anstarren
A file of forty or fifty state barges drew up to the steps. They were richly gilt, and their lofty prows and sterns were elaborately carved. Some of them were decorated with banners and streamers; some with cloth-of-gold and arras embroidered with coats-of-arms; others with silken flags that had numberless little silver bells fastened to them, which shook out tiny showers of joyous music whenever the breezes fluttered them; others of yet higher pretensions, since they belonged to nobles in the prince’s immediate service, had their sides picturesquely fenced with shields gorgeously emblazoned with armorial bearings.
file - Datei; Kartei, File, Aktenmappe, Reihe; ablegen (Briefe usw.)
gilt - vergoldet, vergoldete, vergolden; (gild) vergoldet, vergoldete
lofty - erhaben; hoch
prows - Stützen; Bug
sterns - ernst, Heck
elaborately - aufwendig
carved - geschnitzt; schneiden, tranchieren, zerlegen, schnitzen
decorated - dekoriert; ausschmücken, dekorieren, renovieren, qualifier
streamers - Luftschlangen; Luftschlange, Magnetbandstation
cloth - Stoff, Tuch
embroidered - bestickt; sticken, ausschmücken
flags - markieren, beflaggen, kennzeichnen; Kennzeichen, Platte, Flag
numberless - nummernlos; unzählig, zahllos
silver - versilbern; silbern, Silber; Silberbesteck
bells - Glocken; Klingel, Schelle, Glocke
tiny - winzig; Kleinkind
joyous - freudig
breezes - Brisen; Brise, Hauch
fluttered - geflattert; flattern, wedeln
pretensions - Anmaßungen; Anspruch, Ăśberheblichkeit, Anmaßung
immediate - sofortig; unmittelbar, immediat
sides - Seiten; Flanke, Rand, Mannschaft, Team
picturesquely - pittoresk
fenced - eingezäunt; Zaun; qualifier
shields - Schilder; Schild, abgeschirmt, Abschirmung; abschirmen
gorgeously - herrlich; prachtvolle, prächtig
emblazoned - geprangt; schmücken
armorial - Wappenbuch
bearings - tragend, Manieren, Lager (Maschinenbau)
Each state barge was towed by a tender. Besides the rowers, these tenders carried each a number of men-at-arms in glossy helmet and breastplate, and a company of musicians.
Barge - Lastkahn, Schleppkahn
towed - abgeschleppt; Werg; abschleppen, schleppen
besides - Außerdem; neben, neben
rowers - Ruderer
tenders - Ausschreibungen; empfindlich, Ausschreibung, Angebot
glossy - glänzend
breastplate - Brustschild, Brustpanzer, Brustriemen, Vorderzeug
musicians - Musiker, q
The advance-guard of the expected procession now appeared in the great gateway, a troop of halberdiers. ’They were dressed in striped hose of black and tawny, velvet caps graced at the sides with silver roses, and doublets of murrey and blue cloth, embroidered on the front and back with the three feathers, the prince’s blazon, woven in gold. Their halberd staves were covered with crimson velvet, fastened with gilt nails, and ornamented with gold tassels. filing off on the right and left, they formed two long lines, extending from the gateway of the palace to the water’s edge. A thick rayed cloth or carpet was then unfolded, and laid down between them by attendants in the gold-and-crimson liveries of the prince. This done, a flourish of trumpets resounded from within. A lively prelude arose from the musicians on the water; and two ushers with white wands marched with a slow and stately pace from the portal. They were followed by an officer bearing the civic mace, after whom came another carrying the city’s sword; then several sergeants of the city guard, in their full accoutrements, and with badges on their sleeves; then the Garter King-at-arms, in his tabard; then several Knights of the Bath, each with a white lace on his sleeve; then their esquires; then the judges, in their robes of scarlet and coifs; then the Lord High Chancellor of England, in a robe of scarlet, open before, and purfled with minever; then a deputation of aldermen, in their scarlet cloaks; and then the heads of the different civic companies, in their robes of state.
advance - erhöhen, erheben, befördern, vorrücken, Fortschritt, Vorschuss
expected - erwartet; erwarten, erwarten, erwarten
procession - Prozession, Umzug
troop - Truppe
striped - gestreift; Streifen
hose - Schlauch; jemanden angreifen und töten
tawny - gelbbraun; lohfarben
caps - Mützen; Ventilkappe; Mütze, Haube, Kappe
roses - Rosen; Rosa
doublets - Zweibiteinheit, Dipol
murrey - dunkelrotbraun
feathers - Federn; Feder, Vogelfeder, befiedern
blazon - Blasonierung, Wappenbeschreibung, beschreiben
woven - gewebt; gewoben; (weave) gewebt; gewoben
staves - Dauben; Daube, Sprosse, Strophe, Vers, Notenlinien-p
nails - Nägel; nageln (derb. koitieren); annageln, Nagel, nageln
ornamented - verziert; Verzierung, musikalische Verzierung
tassels - Quasten; Quaste
filing off - abfeilend
extending - erweitern, ausdehnen, erweitern, ausdehnen, ausweiten
lace - schnüren, Spitze (Gewebe)
edge - Rand; Seite, Kante, Vorsprung, Klinge, Schneide, schieben
thick - dick; dicht; plump; mitten in
rayed - geröntgt; Schimmer, Strahl; ausstrahlen
carpet - Teppich, Teppichboden, auslegen, bedecken
unfolded - entfaltet; entfalten, ausbreiten, entfalten
laid down - hingelegt
liveries - Trachten; Tracht, Kleid
flourish of trumpets - Fanfare
resounded - ertönte; widerhallen
lively - lebendig, munter (lebhaft), lebhaft, quirlig
Prelude - Präludium, Vorspiel
arose from - entsprang
ushers - Platzanweiser, Gerichtsdiener, zuweisen, anweisen, führen
wands - Zauberstäbe; Stab
officer - Funktionär, Funktionärin, Beamter, Beamtin, Offizier, Offizierin
bearing - tragend, Manieren, Lager (Maschinenbau); (bear) tragend
civic - zivilen; bürgerlich
mace - Pfefferspray; Muskatblüte
sergeants - Unteroffiziere; Stabsunteroffizier, Feldwebel
accoutrements - Ausrüstungsgegenstände; Ausrüstung, Ausstattung
badges - Abzeichen
Garter - Strumpfband
tabard - Wappenrock
Knights - Springer (Schach), Ritter, Pferd
sleeve - Ärmel; Hülse, Schutzhülle, Tülle, Köcher
esquires - Wohlgeboren
judges - urteilen (nach), richten; Richter, Jurist
scarlet - Scharlachrot, Scharlach
deputation - Abordnung
aldermen - Schöffen; Stadtrat
cloaks - Umhang, Pelerine, Deckmantel, verhüllen
Now came twelve French gentlemen, in splendid habiliments, consisting of pourpoints of white damask barred with gold, short mantles of crimson velvet lined with violet taffeta, and carnation coloured hauts-de-chausses, and took their way down the steps. They were of the suite of the French ambassador, and were followed by twelve cavaliers of the suite of the Spanish ambassador, clothed in black velvet, unrelieved by any ornament. Following these came several great English nobles with their attendants.’
habiliments - Anziehsachen; Kleidungsstück
consisting - zusammensetzend, besteht aus; bestehen (aus)
damask - Damast, Damastgewebe
barred - verwehrt; Takt; Schankstube; Latte (Sport); Balken, Leiste
mantles - Mäntel; Mantel, Mantel, Hülle, Umhüllung, Mantel, Glühstrumpf
Violet - Violett; Veilchen
taffeta - Taft
carnation - Gartennelke, Nelke
ambassador - Botschafter, Botschafterin
cavaliers - Kavaliere; nachlässig, übermütig, hochmütig, Kavallerist
unrelieved - ungelindert
ornament - Verzierung; musikalische Verzierung
There was a flourish of trumpets within; and the Prince’s uncle, the future great Duke of Somerset, emerged from the gateway, arrayed in a ‘doublet of black cloth-of-gold, and a cloak of crimson satin flowered with gold, and ribanded with nets of silver.’ He turned, doffed his plumed cap, bent his body in a low reverence, and began to step backward, bowing at each step. A prolonged trumpet-blast followed, and a proclamation, "Way for the high and mighty the Lord Edward, Prince of Wales!
flourish - gedeihen, blühen, spriessen, grünen
trumpets - Trompeten; Trompete
emerged - aufgetaucht; erscheinen, auftauchen, herauskommen, davonkommen
arrayed - aufgereiht; Bekleidung, Tracht, Arrangement
doublet - Dublette; Zweibiteinheit, Dipol
cloak - Umhang, Pelerine, Deckmantel, verhüllen
satin - Satin, Satinstoff, Satintuch
nets - vernetzen; netzartig, Tüll, Netto, Netz; einnetzen
doffed - Ausgelöst; ausziehen
plumed - gefiedert; Schadstofffahne, Abwasserfahne
backward - zurück, nach hinten, rückwärts, zögerlich, gehemmt, rückständig
prolonged - langwierig; ausdehnen, verlängern, hinauszögern
blast - schlagen, vernichten, sprengen; mit Wucht schießen; Bö
High aloft on the palace walls a long line of red tongues of flame leapt forth with a thunder-crash; the massed world on the river burst into a mighty roar of welcome; and Tom Canty, the cause and hero of it all, stepped into view and slightly bowed his princely head.
aloft - in der Luft; oben, droben
flame - Flamme, poetic, anmachen
leapt - gesprungen
thunder - Donner; Donnern
crash - Absturz; Zusammenstoß, Krach, Zusammenbruch; zusammenbrechen
roar - brüllen; Tosen; Brüllen; Aufheulen
view - Aussicht; Anblick, Ansicht, Aufruf, View, sehen
He was ‘magnificently habited in a doublet of white satin, with a front-piece of purple cloth-of-tissue, powdered with diamonds, and edged with ermine. Over this he wore a mantle of white cloth-of-gold, pounced with the triple-feathered crest, lined with blue satin, set with pearls and precious stones, and fastened with a clasp of brilliants.
magnificently - prächtig
habited - bewohnt; Gepflogenheit, Angewohnheit
tissue - Gewebe; Papier, Tuch, oilet paper
powdered - pulverisiert; Puder, g
Diamonds - Diamanten; Stern, Diamant
edged - kantig; Rand, Seite, Kante, Kante, Vorsprung, Klinge, Schneide
ermine - Hermelin; Hermelin
mantle - Mantel, Hülle, Umhüllung, Glühstrumpf, Hirnrinde
pounced - aufgesprungen; zuschlagen; bimsen
triple - dreifach; verdreifachen
feathered - gefiedert; Feder, Vogelfeder, befiedern
crest - Wappen; Gipfel; Kamm, Haube, Krone, Helmzier, Zimir
pearls - Perlen; Perle, Perl
stones - Steine; Stein, Stein, Edelstein, t+Schmuckstein, Stein, Kern
clasp - Spange, Klammer, Schnalle, Griff, greifen
brilliants - Brillanten; strahlend, strahlend, brillant, brillant, brillant
About his neck hung the order of the Garter, and several princely foreign orders;’ and wherever light fell upon him jewels responded with a blinding flash. O Tom Canty, born in a hovel, bred in the gutters of London, familiar with rags and dirt and misery, what a spectacle is this!
foreign - Ausland; fremd, ausländisch
wherever - wo auch immer
responded - geantwortet; antworten, reagieren
blinding - geblendet; blendend, grell; (blind); blind, unkritisch
flash - Blitzlicht; aufleuchten, blitzen, aufflammen
hovel - Unterschlupf; Unterstand; Bruchbude, Baracke
gutters - Dachrinnen; Regenrinne, Rinnstein, Gosse
toils - Mühen; Mühe, schuften, sich plagen, sich quälen, roboten
We left John Canty dragging the rightful prince into Offal Court, with a noisy and delighted mob at his heels. There was but one person in it who offered a pleading word for the captive, and he was not heeded; he was hardly even heard, so great was the turmoil. The Prince continued to struggle for freedom, and to rage against the treatment he was suffering, until John Canty lost what little patience was left in him, and raised his oaken cudgel in a sudden fury over the Prince’s head.
dragging - Planierschleppe; nachschleppen, schleppen, ziehen
rightful - rechtmäßig
heeded - beachtet; beherzigen, beachten
turmoil - Aufruhr, Tumult, Unruhe, Unordnung
struggle for freedom - Freiheitskampf
suffering - leidend; Leiden; (suffer); leiden; erleiden
sudden - plötzlich, jäh
The single pleader for the lad sprang to stop the man’s arm, and the blow descended upon his own wrist. Canty roared out-
single - einzeln, einzig, allein, einheitlich
pleader - Bittsteller; Verteidiger
descended - abstammen; absteigen, niedergehen, herunterkommen, herabsteigen
wrist - Handgelenk
"Thou’lt meddle, wilt thou? Then have thy reward."
meddle - einmischen
Reward - Belohnung, Lohn
His cudgel crashed down upon the meddler’s head: there was a groan, a dim form sank to the ground among the feet of the crowd, and the next moment it lay there in the dark alone. The mob pressed on, their enjoyment nothing disturbed by this episode.
crashed - abgestürzt; Zusammenstoß, Krach, Zusammenbruch; zusammenbrechen
meddler - Eindringling; Unbefugte
dim - schummrig; trüb; dämmerig, dunkel
pressed - gedrückt; Presse (Maschine), Presse (Zeitung); drängen, drücken
enjoyment - Genuss, Vergnügen
episode - Episode, Folge
Presently the Prince found himself in John Canty’s abode, with the door closed against the outsiders. By the vague light of a tallow candle which was thrust into a bottle, he made out the main features of the loathsome den, and also the occupants of it.
abode - Aufenthalt, bleiben, Wohnsitz
outsiders - Außenseiter, Außenseiterin, Neuling, Anfänger, Außenseiter
vague - vage; nebelhaft, schwach, unklar, undeutlich
tallow candle - Talglicht
thrust - Stoß, Stich, Vorstoß, Schub, Schubkraft
main features - Grundzüge
loathsome - verabscheuungswürdig; ekelhaft, abscheulich, scheußlich
occupants - Insassen; Besatzer, Besatzerin, Okkupant, Okkupantin, Bewohner
Two frowsy girls and a middle-aged woman cowered against the wall in one corner, with the aspect of animals habituated to harsh usage, and expecting and dreading it now. From another corner stole a withered hag with streaming grey hair and malignant eyes. John Canty said to this one-
frowsy - mürrisch
cowered - geduckt; hocken, kauern
wall in - einmauern
aspect - Aspekt, Aktionsart
habituated - Gewöhnt; gewöhnen an
harsh - rau, harsch, unwirsch, scharf
expecting - erwarten; werdende; (expect); erwarten
dreading - schaudern, grauen, gruseln, grausen
Stole - Gestohlen; (to steal) stehlen, klauen, rauben; (steal); stehlen
withered - verwelkt; welken, verblühen, verdorren
hag - altes Weib, Hexe
streaming - strömend; (stream); Bach; Strom; Datenstrom; strömen; streamen
malignant - bösartig, malign
"Tarry! There’s fine mummeries here. Mar them not till thou’st enjoyed them: then let thy hand be heavy as thou wilt. Stand forth, lad. Now say thy foolery again, an thou’st not forgot it. Name thy name. Who art thou?"
mummeries - Mummenschanz; Mummerei
mar - beschädigen, verunstalten
not till - nicht vor, erst wenn, erst als
foolery - Dummheit
The insulted blood mounted to the little prince’s cheek once more, and he lifted a steady and indignant gaze to the man’s face and said-
insulted - beleidigt; beleidigen, Beleidigung, Kränkung, Verletzung
mounted - montiert; Reittier, Berg, Lafette (Waffe); einbauen, aufsteigen
cheek - Frechheit; Backe, ormal, Stirn, Mick, Pumpenmick
indignant - entrüstet
"‘Tis but ill-breeding in such as thou to command me to speak. I tell thee now, as I told thee before, I am Edward, Prince of Wales, and none other."
The stunning surprise of this reply nailed the hag’s feet to the floor where she stood, and almost took her breath. She stared at the Prince in stupid amazement, which so amused her ruffianly son, that he burst into a roar of laughter.
stunning - umwerfend; betäuben, verblüffen
reply - antworten, erwidern, Antwort, Entgegnung
nailed - festgenagelt; nageln (derb. koitieren); annageln, Nagel, nageln
stupid - dumm, doof, blöd, Dummkopf
amazement - Erstaunen; Staunen, Verwunderung
amused - amüsiert; amüsieren, vergnügen, belustigen, erheitern
ruffianly - rüpelhaft; roh
But the effect upon Tom Canty’s mother and sisters was different. Their dread of bodily injury gave way at once to distress of a different sort. They ran forward with woe and dismay in their faces, exclaiming-
bodily - körperlich, Körper
injury - Verletzung, Wunde, Verwundung
woe - wehe; Weh, Jammer, Kummer, Leid
"Oh, poor Tom, poor lad!"
The mother fell on her knees before the Prince, put her hands upon his shoulders, and gazed yearningly into his face through her rising tears. Then she said-
yearningly - sehnsüchtig
"Oh, my poor boy! Thy foolish reading hath wrought its woeful work at last, and ta’en thy wit away. Ah! why did’st thou cleave to it when I so warned thee ‘gainst it? Thou’st broke thy mother’s heart."
woeful - bedauernswert
cleave - spalten
warned - gewarnt; warnen, mahnen, warnen
The Prince looked into her face, and said gently-
"Thy son is well, and hath not lost his wits, good dame. Comfort thee: let me to the palace where he is, and straightway will the King my father restore him to thee."
Dame - Dame
"The King thy father! Oh, my child! unsay these words that be freighted with death for thee, and ruin for all that be near to thee. Shake of this gruesome dream. call back thy poor wandering memory. Look upon me. Am not I thy mother that bore thee, and loveth thee?"
unsay - nicht sagen; widerrufen
freighted - verfrachtet; verfrachten; Fracht, Frachtgut
ruin - Ruine, Ruin, Ruin, ruinieren, auf die Knie zwingen, vernichten
gruesome - grausam; grauenhaft, grauenvoll
call back - zurückberufen
wandering - wandernd; (wander) irren, wandern
bore - langweilig; (to bear fruit) Früchte tragen; (bear) langweilig; (to bear fruit) Früchte tragen
The Prince shook his head and reluctantly said-
reluctantly - widerstrebend
"God knoweth I am loth to grieve thy heart; but truly have I never looked upon thy face before."
The woman sank back to a sitting posture on the floor, and, covering her eyes with her hands, gave way to heart-broken sobs and wailings.
posture - Körperhaltung; Haltung
sobs - schluchzt; Huso
wailings - (to wail) jammern, wehklagen, klagen
"Let the show go on!" shouted Canty. "What, Nan!-what, Bet! mannerless wenches! will ye stand in the Prince’s presence? Upon your knees, ye pauper scum, and do him reverence!"
mannerless - ungehobelt
wenches - Weiber; Magd, Mädchen
scum - Abschaum; q
He followed this with another horse-laugh. The girls began to plead timidly for their brother; and Nan said-
plead - plädieren, bekennen, (dringend) bitten, anflehen, beschwören
"An thou wilt but let him to bed, father, rest and sleep will heal his madness: prithee, do."
"Do, father," said Bet; "he is more worn than is his wont. To-morrow will he be himself again, and will beg with diligence, and come not empty home again."
This remark sobered the father’s joviality, and brought his mind to business. He turned angrily upon the Prince, and said-
remark - bemerken; Anmerkung, Bemerkung
sobered - ausgenüchtert; nüchtern, nüchtern, besonnen, ernst, gedeckt
joviality - Jovialität; Heiterkeit
"The morrow must we pay two pennies to him that owns this hole; two pennies, mark ye-all this money for a half-year’s rent, else out of this we go. Show what thou’st gathered with thy lazy begging."
pennies - Pfennige; Penny
hole - Bohrung, Markierung, Höhle, Loch
rent - Mietpreis, Wohnungsmiete, Hausmiete; anmieten; (rend); zerreißen
gathered - gesammelt; sammeln, versammeln
lazy - faul
The Prince said-
"Offend me not with thy sordid matters. I tell thee again I am the King’s son."
sordid - dreckig, schäbig, schmutzig, geizig
A sounding blow upon the Prince’s shoulder from Canty’s broad palm sent him staggering into goodwife Canty’s arms, who clasped him to her breast, and sheltered him from a pelting rain of cuffs and slaps by interposing her own person. The frightened girls retreated to their corner; but the grandmother stepped eagerly forward to assist her son. The Prince sprang away from Mrs. Canty, exclaiming-
palm - Handfläche; Palme, Schaufel (am Geweih)
staggering - taumelnd, wankend, torkelnd; (stagger); taumelnd, wankend
goodwife - gute Frau; (arch) Gewölbe, Bogen, Fußrücken
clasped - umklammert; Spange, Klammer, Schnalle, Griff, greifen
pelting - prasselt; niederprasselnd; (pelt) prasselt; niederprasselnd
slaps - Klaps, Schlag, Makeup
interposing - Zwischenrufe; zwischenschalten, dazwischenstellen
retreated - zurückgezogen; Rückzug
assist - assistieren, helfen, beistehen, unterstützen, vorlegen, Vorlage
"Thou shalt not suffer for me, madam. Let these swine do their will upon me alone."
This speech infuriated the swine to such a degree that they set about their work without waste of time. Between them they belaboured the boy right soundly, and then gave the girls and their mother a beating for showing sympathy for the victim.
infuriated - wütend machen, zur Weißglut bringen
set about - darangemacht, hergemacht
sympathy - Mitleid, Mitgefühl, Empathie, Einfühlungsvermögen, Sympathie
victim - Opfer
"Now," said Canty, "to bed, all of ye. The entertainment has tired me."
The light was put out, and the family retired. As soon as the snorings of the head of the house and his mother showed that they were asleep, the young girls crept to where the Prince lay, and covered him tenderly from the cold with straw and rags; and their mother crept to him also, and stroked his hair, and cried over him, whispering broken words of comfort and compassion in his ear the while.
snorings - Schnarchen
crept - gekrochen; kriechen, schleichen, schleichen, kriechen, Kriechen
stroked - gestreichelt; streicheln; Stoß, Schlag, Streich, Hub
whispering - Geflüster; (whisper); Geflüster, Flüstern, Wispern
She had saved a morsel for him to eat, also; but the boy’s pains had swept away all appetite-at least for black and tasteless crusts. He was touched by her brave and costly defence of him, and by her commiseration; and he thanked her in very noble and princely words, and begged her to go to her sleep and try to forget her sorrows. And he added that the King his father would not let her loyal kindness and devotion go unrewarded. This return to his ‘madness’ broke her heart anew, and she strained him to her breast again and again, and then went back, drowned in tears, to her bed.
morsel - ein Häppchen; Happen
swept away - weggefegt
appetite - Appetit; Begierde, Lust
tasteless - geschmacklos
crusts - Krusten; Kruste, Kruste, Rinde, Kruste
Brave - tapfer, mutig, Krieger
defence - Verteidigung, Abwehr
commiseration - Mitleid, Mitgefühl
sorrows - Kummer, Traurigkeit, Trauer, Sorge, Kümmernis, Leiden
loyal - loyal, treu
devotion - Hingebung, Hingabe, Zuneigung, Zuwendung
unrewarded - nicht belohnt
anew - von neuem; erneut, abermals, neuerlich
drowned in tears - tränenüberströmt
As she lay thinking and mourning, the suggestion began to creep into her mind that there was an undefinable something about this boy that was lacking in Tom Canty, mad or sane. She could not describe it, she could not tell just what it was, and yet her sharp mother-instinct seemed to detect it and perceive it. What if the boy were really not her son, after all? Oh, absurd! She almost smiled at the idea, spite of her griefs and troubles. No matter, she found that it was an idea that would not ‘down,’ but persisted in haunting her. It pursued her, it harassed her, it clung to her, and refused to be put away or ignored. At last she perceived that there was not going to be any peace for her until she should devise a test that should prove, clearly and without question, whether this lad was her son or not, and so banish these wearing and worrying doubts. Ah, yes, this was plainly the right way out of the difficulty; therefore she set her wits to work at once to contrive that test. But it was an easier thing to propose than to accomplish. She turned over in her mind one promising test after another, but was obliged to relinquish them all-none of them were absolutely sure, absolutely perfect; and an imperfect one could not satisfy her.
mourning - trauern; Trauer; Trauerkleidung
suggestion - Anregung; Vorschlag; Suggestion
creep - Fiesling; kriechen; schleichen; Knilch, Widerling
undefinable - undefinierbar
lacking - Mangelhaft; ermangeln, fehlen
sharp - scharf; scharfsinning; spitz, -is, hoch, stechend
instinct - Instinkt
detect - finden, ermitteln, aufspüren, entdecken, erkennen
absurd - absurd
griefs - Kummer, Gram, Leid
persisted - fortbestehen; beharren
haunting - spuken; quälend
pursued - Verfolgt; verfolgen, folgen, beschreiten, nachjagen, nachgehen
harassed - belästigt; belästigen, quälen, verfolgen
clung to - angeschmiegt
refused - abgelehnt; Müll; abweisen, verweigern, abschlagen, ablehnen
ignored - ignoriert; ignorieren, missachten
perceived - wahrgenommen; wahrnehmen
devise - erfinden; ausdenken, entwerfen, erdenken, planen
Clearly - Eindeutig; klar, deutlich
whether - ob
banish - verbannen, herauswerfen, vertreiben
worrying - beunruhigend; (worry) sorgen, sich Gedanken machen, quälen
difficulty - Schwierigkeiten; Schwierigkeit
contrive - ausdenken; ersinnen; entwerfen; bewerkstelligen
propose - vorschlagen; einen Heiratsantrag machen; beabsichtigen
accomplish - zu erreichen; vollenden
turned over - umgeblättert
promising - vielversprechend; Versprechen
obliged - verpflichtet; verpflichten, einen Gefallen tun
relinquish - verlassen, aufgeben, überlassen, abtreten, Verzicht leisten
absolutely - absolut, durchaus, total, unbedingt
imperfect - unvollkommen, mangelhaft, unvollständig, fehlerhaft, Imperfekt
satisfy - befriedigen, zufriedenstellen
Evidently she was racking her head in vain-it seemed manifest that she must give the matter up. While this depressing thought was passing through her mind, her ear caught the regular breathing of the boy, and she knew he had fallen asleep. And while she listened, the measured breathing was broken by a soft, startled cry, such as one utters in a troubled dream. This chance occurrence furnished her instantly with a plan worth all her laboured tests combined. She at once set herself feverishly, but noiselessly, to work to relight her candle, muttering to herself, "Had I but seen him then, I should have known! Since that day, when he was little, that the powder burst in his face, he hath never been startled of a sudden out of his dreams or out of his thinkings, but he hath cast his hand before his eyes, even as he did that day; and not as others would do it, with the palm inward, but always with the palm turned outward-I have seen it a hundred times, and it hath never varied nor ever failed. Yes, I shall soon know, now!"
racking - Regale; streckend; (rack) Regale; streckend
vain - eitel; unnützlich
manifest - manifest; Ladungsliste; Manifest; manifestieren
depressing - deprimierend; deprimieren
passing through - durchlaufend
regular - regulär, regelmäßig, Gleichmäßig, normal, gewöhnlich, Stammgast
fallen asleep - (fall asleep) ich/er/sie schlief ein, einschlafen
measured - gemessen; Maß
startled - erschrocken; aufschrecken, scheuen, erschrecken
utters - äußerst
Occurrence - Vorkommen; Vorfall
furnished - eingerichtet; möblieren, einrichten, ausrüsten
laboured - mühsam; Arbeit, Arbeiter-p, gebären, arbeiten
combined - kombiniert; kombinieren, verbinden, vereinen
feverishly - Fieberhaft
noiselessly - geräuschlos
relight - wieder anzünden
candle - Kerze
powder - Puder, g; (''otherwise:'') Pulver, Puder
burst in - hereinplatzen;hereingeplatzt
thinkings - Denkanstöße; denkend
By this time she had crept to the slumbering boy’s side, with the candle, shaded, in her hand. She bent heedfully and warily over him, scarcely breathing in her suppressed excitement, and suddenly flashed the light in his face and struck the floor by his ear with her knuckles. The sleeper’s eyes sprang wide open, and he cast a startled stare about him-but he made no special movement with his hands.
slumbering - schlummernd; (slumber); Halbschlaf, Schlummer, Schläfchen
shaded - schattiert; Maifisch
heedfully - beachtet; achtsame
warily - Vorsichtig
scarcely - knapp, kaum, wohl nicht, gerade erst
suppressed - unterdrückt; unterdrücken, unterdrücken, unterdrücken
struck - angeschlagen; streichen, schlagen, prägen, streiken, scheinen
knuckles - Fingerknöchel
sleeper - Schwelle (Gleis), Schläfer
stare - starren, anstarren
The poor woman was smitten almost helpless with surprise and grief; but she contrived to hide her emotions, and to soothe the boy to sleep again; then she crept apart and communed miserably with herself upon the disastrous result of her experiment.
poor woman - Arme
helpless - hilflos
grief - Kummer, Gram, Leid
contrived - ausgeklügelt; ersinnen, entwerfen, bewerkstelligen
emotions - Emotionen; Gefühl
soothe - beruhigen, Wogen glätten, mildern, besänftigen
apart - auseinander; getrennt; beiseite; entzwei, in Stücke
communed - kommuniziert; kommunizieren
miserably - miserabel
disastrous - katastrophal
experiment - Experiment, Versuch, experimentieren
She tried to believe that her Tom’s madness had banished this habitual gesture of his; but she could not do it. "No," she said, "his hands are not mad; they could not unlearn so old a habit in so brief a time. Oh, this is a heavy day for me!"
banished - verbannt; verbannen, herauswerfen, vertreiben
habitual - gewohnheitsmäßig; gewohnt; gewöhnlich, habituell
unlearn - umlernen, verlernen, verlerne, anders lernen
Still, hope was as stubborn now as doubt had been before; she could not bring herself to accept the verdict of the test; she must try the thing again-the failure must have been only an accident; so she startled the boy out of his sleep a second and a third time, at intervals-with the same result which had marked the first test; then she dragged herself to bed, and fell sorrowfully asleep, saying, "But I cannot give him up-oh no, I cannot, I cannot-he must be my boy!
stubborn - starrköpfig; stur, dickköpfig
Accept - annehmen, abnehmen, akzeptieren, aufnehmen
verdict - Gerichtsurteil
failure - Versagen; Misserfolg, Ausfall, Verschlechterung, Misslingen
intervals - Intervalle; Abstand, Zwischenraum, Intervall
marked - markiert; Markus, Markus, Markus
The poor mother’s interruptions having ceased, and the Prince’s pains having gradually lost their power to disturb him, utter weariness at last sealed his eyes in a profound and restful sleep. Hour after hour slipped away, and still he slept like the dead. Thus four or five hours passed. Then his stupor began to lighten. Presently, while half asleep and half awake, he murmured-
interruptions - Unterbrechungen; Unterbrechung, Unterbrechung
disturb - stören
sealed - versiegelt; versiegeln; Siegel, Stempel, Seehund
profound - tiefgründig; tiefgehend, profund
restful - erholsam; ruhig
slipped - ausgerutscht; Versprecher; Rutschen (geradeaus); Lapsus
stupor - Sopor, Topor
lighten - aufhellen; erleuchten, erhellen
"Sir William!"
After a moment-
"Ho, Sir William Herbert! Hie thee hither, and list to the strangest dream that ever . . . Sir William! dost hear? Man, I did think me changed to a pauper, and . . . Ho there! Guards! Sir William! What! is there no groom of the chamber in waiting? Alack! it shall go hard with-"
Strangest - seltsam, sonderbar, komisch, verwunderlich, fremd, seltsam
"What aileth thee?" asked a whisper near him. "Who art thou calling?"
whisper - Geflüster, Flüstern, Wispern
"Sir William Herbert. Who art thou?"
"I? Who should I be, but thy sister Nan? Oh, Tom, I had forgot! Thou’rt mad yet-poor lad, thou’rt mad yet: would I had never woke to know it again! But prithee master thy tongue, lest we be all beaten till we die!"
The startled Prince sprang partly up, but a sharp reminder from his stiffened bruises brought him to himself, and he sank back among his foul straw with a moan and the ejaculation-
partly - teilweise, zum Teil
reminder - Gedächtnisstütze; Mahnung, Mahnungbrief, Mahnschreiben
stiffened - Versteift; aussteifen, versteifen, verstärken, ertüchtigen
bruises - blaue Flecken; Prellung, Bluterguss, blauer Fleck, Druckstelle
moan - Stöhnen, Ächzen, klagen, beklagen, wehklagen
ejaculation - Ejakulation, Samenerguss
"Alas! it was no dream, then!"
In a moment all the heavy sorrow and misery which sleep had banished were upon him again, and he realised that he was no longer a petted prince in a palace, with the adoring eyes of a nation upon him, but a pauper, an outcast, clothed in rags, prisoner in a den fit only for beasts, and consorting with beggars and thieves.
realised - realisiert; erfassen, (Gewinn) erzielen, zu Geld machen
adoring - anbetend; anbeten, verehren, anbeten, verehren
nation - Staat, Nation, Volk
outcast - verstoßen; ausgestoßen
consorting - verkehren; Gemahl, Gemahlin
thieves - Diebe; stehlen
In the midst of his grief he began to be conscious of hilarious noises and shoutings, apparently but a block or two away. The next moment there were several sharp raps at the door; John Canty ceased from snoring and said-
conscious - bei Bewusstsein, wach, aufmerksam
hilarious - zum Totlachen, urkomisch, vergnügt, irrsinnig witzig
noises - Geräusche; Lärm, Geräusch
shoutings - Schreien
block - Kloben, Block, Klotz, Trakt; absperren, blockieren
raps - pochen, schlagen; Geplapper
snoring - Schnarchen; (snore); schnarchen; Schnarchen
"Who knocketh? What wilt thou?"
knocketh - klopft
A voice answered-
"Know’st thou who it was thou laid thy cudgel on?"
"No. Neither know I, nor care."
care - kümmern; Sorgfalt, Aufbewahrung, Behandlung
"Belike thou’lt change thy note eftsoons. An thou would save thy neck, nothing but flight may stead thee. The man is this moment delivering up the ghost. ’Tis the priest, Father Andrew!"
ghost - Gespenst, Geist, Phantom, Spuk
"God-a-mercy!" exclaimed Canty. He roused his family, and hoarsely commanded, "Up with ye all and fly-or bide where ye are and perish!"
roused - geweckt; wachrufen, wecken
hoarsely - heiser
perish - untergehen; verderben, schlecht werden, umkommen
Scarcely five minutes later the Canty household were in the street and flying for their lives. John Canty held the Prince by the wrist, and hurried him along the dark way, giving him this caution in a low voice-
household - Haushalt
hurried - eilig; Eile, beeilen
caution - Warnung, Vorsicht, Achtsamkeit, Behutsamkeit, Kaution, warnen
"Mind thy tongue, thou mad fool, and speak not our name. I will choose me a new name, speedily, to throw the law’s dogs off the scent. Mind thy tongue, I tell thee!"
fool - dumme Gans, Dummkopf, Narr, Närrin
speedily - zügig; beeilt, schnell
throw - Wurf; werfen (du wirfst, er wirft), ich/er/sie würfe
scent - Geruch, Duft, Parfüm, Parfum, Fährte, Geruch (1, 3)
He growled these words to the rest of the family-
growled - geknurrt; Knurren
"If it so chance that we be separated, let each make for London Bridge; whoso findeth himself as far as the last linen-draper’s shop on the bridge, let him tarry there till the others be come, then will we flee into Southwark together."
be separated - in Trennung leben
findeth - findet
linen - Wäsche; Leinen; Heimtextilien
flee - fliehen, flüchten, entfliehen
John Canty delivered himself of a furious curse and commanded a retreat; but it was too late. He and his tribe were swallowed up in that swarming hive of humanity, and hopelessly separated from each other in an instant. We are not considering that the Prince was one of his tribe; Canty still kept his grip upon him.
furious - wütend, erbost, furios
curse - verfluchen, fluchen, verdammen; Fluch
retreat - Rückzug
swallowed up - verschluckte
humanity - die Menschheit; Menschheit; Humanität, Menschlichkeit
hopelessly - hoffnungslos
separated - einzeln, getrennt, separat, getrennt, separat, trennen
considering - in Betracht ziehen; entsprechend, unter Berücksichtigung
grip - packen, fassen; Griffigkeit, Heft (von Säge, Feile)
The Prince’s heart was beating high with hopes of escape, now. A burly waterman, considerably exalted with liquor, found himself rudely shoved by Canty in his efforts to plough through the crowd; he laid his great hand on Canty’s shoulder and said-
escape - entgehen, ausweichen, davonkommen, Flucht
burly - stämmig; kräftig
waterman - Wassermann
Considerably - Erheblich; wesentlich, beträchtlich, beachtlich
exalted - erhaben; ehren, erhöhen
liquor - Schnaps; Spirituose
shoved - geschoben; schieben
plough through - durchackern
"Nay, whither so fast, friend? Dost canker thy soul with sordid business when all that be leal men and true make holiday?"
canker - Krebsgeschwür; Mundgeschwür
"Mine affairs are mine own, they concern thee not," answered Canty, roughly; "take away thy hand and let me pass."
concern - Bedenken; Sorge, Anliegen, Betroffenheit, Besorgnis, Konzern
roughly - ungefähr; grob; uneben
pass - passen; (to pass) durchgehen, passieren, durchlaufen
"Sith that is thy humour, thou’lt not pass, till thou’st drunk to the Prince of Wales, I tell thee that," said the waterman, barring the way resolutely.
humour - Humor; Laune, Stimmung, Körpersaft
barring - Sperrung; ausgenommen; (bar) Sperrung; ausgenommen
resolutely - Entschlossenheit
"Give me the cup, then, and make speed, make speed!"
Other revellers were interested by this time. They cried out-
"The loving-cup, the loving-cup! make the sour knave drink the loving-cup, else will we feed him to the fishes."
sour - sauer, herb, säuerlich, sauer vergoren
knave - Bube; Knabe, Knappe, Junge, Boy, Knecht, Gauner
So a huge loving-cup was brought; the waterman, grasping it by one of its handles, and with the other hand bearing up the end of an imaginary napkin, presented it in due and ancient form to Canty, who had to grasp the opposite handle with one of his hands and take off the lid with the other, according to ancient custom.
grasping - greifen, erfassen, begreifen, verstehen, erfassen, Griff
handles - Griffe; Henkel, Hantel, Griff, Türklinke; abarbeiten, behandeln
lid - Deckel
This left the Prince hand-free for a second, of course. He wasted no time, but dived among the forest of legs about him and disappeared. In another moment he could not have been harder to find, under that tossing sea of life, if its billows had been the Atlantic’s and he a lost sixpence.
wasted - verschwendet; verschwenden
dived - getaucht; tauchen
forest - Wald, Forst, Gehölz, Hain, aufforsten; (fore); Wald, Forst
tossing - Werfen; hin- und herschleudern
billows - Woge, wabern, wogen, bauschen
Atlantic - Atlantik; atlantisch
He very soon realised this fact, and straightway busied himself about his own affairs without further thought of John Canty. He quickly realised another thing, too. To wit, that a spurious Prince of Wales was being feasted by the city in his stead. He easily concluded that the pauper lad, Tom Canty, had deliberately taken advantage of his stupendous opportunity and become a usurper.
spurious - fälschlich; unecht, gefälscht, falsch, herumirrend, beiläufig
easily - leicht
concluded - abgeschlossen; beenden, schließen, zu Ende führen, abschließen
deliberately - absichtlich
stupendous - überwältigend
usurper - Usurpator
Therefore there was but one course to pursue-find his way to the Guildhall, make himself known, and denounce the impostor. He also made up his mind that Tom should be allowed a reasonable time for spiritual preparation, and then be hanged, drawn and quartered, according to the law and usage of the day in cases of high treason.
pursue - verfolgen, beschreiten, nachjagen, nachgehen
Guildhall - Rathaus
denounce - anprangern; verurteilen; kündigen, aufkündigen
allowed - erlaubt; erlauben, zulassen, akzeptieren, erlauben, zulassen
reasonable - vernünftig
spiritual - spirituell; geistig
hanged - aufgehängt
cases - Fälle; Gehäuse, Prozess, Kiste, Fach
high treason - Hochverrat
The royal barge, attended by its gorgeous fleet, took its stately way down the Thames through the wilderness of illuminated boats.
attended - teilgenommen; (to attend) mit etwas verbunden sein
Fleet - Flotte; Fahrzeugpark
wilderness - Wildnis, Wüste
illuminated - beleuchtet; beleuchten, erhellen, illuminieren
The air was laden with music; the river banks were beruffled with joy-flames; the distant city lay in a soft luminous glow from its countless invisible bonfires; above it rose many a slender spire into the sky, incrusted with sparkling lights, wherefore in their remoteness they seemed like jewelled lances thrust aloft; as the fleet swept along, it was greeted from the banks with a continuous hoarse roar of cheers and the ceaseless flash and boom of artillery.
laden - beladen, belastet, schwer; (lade); beladen, belastet, schwer
beruffled - beruffelt
flames - Flammen; Flamme, q
distant - weit entfernt; abgelegen, abstehend, distanziert, entfernt
luminous - leuchtend
glow - glühen; abstrahlen; leuchten; Glühen
countless - unzählige; unzählig, unzählbar, zahllos
invisible - unsichtbar; versteckt
slender - schlank
spire - Turmspitze, Spitze (Turm-)
sky - Himmel; (am) Firmament
remoteness - Abgeschiedenheit; Abgelegenheit
lances - Lanzen; Lanze, Lanze, Harpune, Lanzer
greeted - gegrüßt; grüßen, begrüßen
continuous - kontinuierlich
hoarse - heiser
Cheers - prost, zum Wohl, tschüss, danke; (cheer); prost, zum Wohl
ceaseless - unaufhörlich; endlos
boom - Konjunktur, Ausleger (Kran), Baum; dröhnen, boomen
Artillery - Artillerie; Geschützwesen
To Tom Canty, half buried in his silken cushions, these sounds and this spectacle were a wonder unspeakably sublime and astonishing. To his little friends at his side, the Princess Elizabeth and the Lady Jane Grey, they were nothing.
buried - vergraben, verbergen, begraben
cushions - Kissen
unspeakably - unaussprechlich
sublime - sublimierens, erhaben
astonishing - Erstaunlich; erstaunen
Arrived at the Dowgate, the fleet was towed up the limpid Walbrook (whose channel has now been for two centuries buried out of sight under acres of buildings) to Bucklersbury, past houses and under bridges populous with merry-makers and brilliantly lighted, and at last came to a halt in a basin where now is Barge Yard, in the centre of the ancient city of London.
limpid - klar, durchsichtig
bridges - überbrücken, eine Brücke schlagen; Einschraubbrücke; Brücke
populous - bevölkerungsreich
makers - Macher, Hersteller, Fabrikant
halt - anhalten; unterbrechen, halten; Halt
basin - Becken
Yard - (der) Yard
Tom disembarked, and he and his gallant procession crossed Cheapside and made a short march through the Old Jewry and Basinghall Street to the Guildhall.
disembarked - von Bord gegangen; ausschiffen
gallant - Galan (galanter Mann), galant, Verehrer
crossed - gekreuzt; Kreuz
Jewry - Das Judentum; Judentum; Judenheit
Tom and his little ladies were received with due ceremony by the Lord mayor and the Fathers of the City, in their gold chains and scarlet robes of state, and conducted to a rich canopy of state at the head of the great hall, preceded by heralds making proclamation, and by the Mace and the City Sword. The lords and ladies who were to attend upon Tom and his two small friends took their places behind their chairs.
ceremony - Zeremonie, feierliche Handlung, Ritual, Feier
Lord mayor - OB Oberbürgermeister
chains - Kette, Kette, Kette, Kette, anketten, ketten
canopy - Baldachin, Himmel, Vordach, Überdach, Überhang, Kronendach
preceded - vorausgegangen; vorangehen, vorausgehen
Heralds - Herolde; Herold, Bote, Vorbote
At a lower table the Court grandees and other guests of noble degree were seated, with the magnates of the city; the commoners took places at a multitude of tables on the main floor of the hall. From their lofty vantage-ground the giants Gog and Magog, the ancient guardians of the city, contemplated the spectacle below them with eyes grown familiar to it in forgotten generations.
grandees - Granden; Grande, Grande
guests - Gäste; Gast, Gast, Gast, gastieren
magnates - Magnaten; Magnat
commoners - Bürgerliche; Bürger
vantage - Blickwinkel; Vorteil; Aussichtspunkt
There was a bugle-blast and a proclamation, and a fat butler appeared in a high perch in the leftward wall, followed by his servitors bearing with impressive solemnity a royal baron of beef, smoking hot and ready for the knife.
bugle - Waldhorn, Signalhorn
perch - Vogelstange; Barsch
leftward - nach links
impressive - beeindruckend
solemnity - Feierlichkeit; Hochfest
beef - Rindfleisch, Ochsenfleisch, Groll, heftige Verärgerung, Rochus
smoking - rauchen; (smoke) rauchen
knife - Messer; messern
After grace, Tom (being instructed) rose-and the whole house with him-and drank from a portly golden loving-cup with the Princess Elizabeth; from her it passed to the Lady Jane, and then traversed the general assemblage. So the banquet began.
instructed - belehrt; instruieren, briefen, anweisen
portly - korpulent, vollschlank, beleibt, stattlich
traversed - durchquert; durchkreuzen, durchqueren, überqueren
assemblage - Sammlung, Menge, Versammlung
By midnight the revelry was at its height. Now came one of those picturesque spectacles so admired in that old day. A description of it is still extant in the quaint wording of a chronicler who witnessed it:
revelry - Feiern; Festlichkeit, Lustbarkeit, Prasserei
height - Höhe; Größe
spectacles - Brillen; Spektakel
admired - bewundert; bewundern, verehren, hochschätzen
extant - existent, bestehend, vorhanden, überlebend
chronicler - Chronist
witnessed - bezeugt; Zeugnis
‘Space being made, presently entered a baron and an earl appareled after the Turkish fashion in long robes of bawdkin powdered with gold; hats on their heads of crimson velvet, with great rolls of gold, girded with two swords, called scimitars, hanging by great bawdricks of gold. Next came yet another baron and another earl, in two long gowns of yellow satin, traversed with white satin, and in every bend of white was a bend of crimson satin, after the fashion of Russia, with furred hats of gray on their heads; either of them having an hatchet in their hands, and boots with pykes’ (points a foot long), ‘turned up. And after them came a knight, then the Lord High Admiral, and with him five nobles, in doublets of crimson velvet, voyded low on the back and before to the cannell-bone, laced on the breasts with chains of silver; and over that, short cloaks of crimson satin, and on their heads hats after the dancers’ fashion, with pheasants’ feathers in them.
appareled - bekleidet; Kleidung
Turkish - Türkisch
bawdkin - Schwuchtel
rolls - Brötchen; Rolle, Roulade, Walze, Semmel; drehen, wälzen
swords - Schwerter; Schwert
scimitars - Krummsäbel, Scimitar
gowns - Roben; Umhang, Umwurf, Überwurf, Kleid
bend - beugen; biegen, durchbiegen, Kurve, Biegung, Schrägbalken
Russia - Russland
furred - bepelzt; Fell, Pelz, Fell (gegerbt)
hatchet - Beile; Beil
admiral - Admiral
bone - Knochen
laced - geschnürt; schnüren, Spitze (Gewebe)
breasts - Brüste; Brust, Brust, Brust, -brust, Entenbrust
pheasants - Fasan, Fasanenhuhn
These were appareled after the fashion of Prussia. The torchbearers, which were about an hundred, were appareled in crimson satin and green, like Moors, their faces black. Next came in a mommarye. Then the minstrels, which were disguised, danced; and the lords and ladies did wildly dance also, that it was a pleasure to behold.’
Prussia - Preußen; Prußen, q
torchbearers - Fackelträger
moors - Moore; verankern; Moor
mommarye - Mutti
minstrels - Minnesänger, Spielmann, Troubadour
disguised - getarnt; Verkleidung, Tarnung, verstellen
wildly - wild
And while Tom, in his high seat, was gazing upon this ‘wild’ dancing, lost in admiration of the dazzling commingling of kaleidoscopic colours which the whirling turmoil of gaudy figures below him presented, the ragged but real little Prince of Wales was proclaiming his rights and his wrongs, denouncing the impostor, and clamouring for admission at the gates of Guildhall! The crowd enjoyed this episode prodigiously, and pressed forward and craned their necks to see the small rioter.
seat - Sitz, Sitzplatz, Sitzgelegenheit, Stuhl, Sitzmöbel
wild - wild, rau
commingling - Vermischung; mischen, zusammenfügen, vermischen, mixen
kaleidoscopic - kaleidoskopisch
figures - Zahlen; Abbildung, Figur, Gestalt, Ziffer, Form
ragged - zottig, dilettantisch, struppig, zerlumpt; (rag) zottig
proclaiming - verkünden, verkündigen, erklären
denouncing - Anprangern; verurteilen, kündigen, aufkündigen
clamouring - schreien; Geschrei, Aufschrei, Lärm
admission - Zulassung, Aufnahme, Einlass, Anerkennung
prodigiously - erstaunlich
pressed forward - vorgedrängt
craned - gekröpft; Kranich, Kran; den Kopf/Hals recken
necks - Hälse; knutschen; Genick, Zapfen (Wellenhals), Nacken
rioter - Randalierer, Randaliererin, Aufrührer, Aufrührerin
Presently they began to taunt him and mock at him, purposely to goad him into a higher and still more entertaining fury. Tears of mortification sprang to his eyes, but he stood his ground and defied the mob right royally. Other taunts followed, added mockings stung him, and he exclaimed-
purposely - absichtlich
goad - Stachelstock; anstacheln, antreiben, anspornen, reizen
mortification - Kasteiung; Kränkung, Demütigung
defied - herausgefordert; herausfordern, die Stirn bieten, herausfordern
taunts - Sticheleien; sticheln, necken; Spott, Hohn
mockings - Verhöhnungen; spöttisch
stung - gestochen; Stachel, brennender Schmerz
"I tell ye again, you pack of unmannerly curs, I am the Prince of Wales! And all forlorn and friendless as I be, with none to give me word of grace or help me in my need, yet will not I be driven from my ground, but will maintain it!"
pack - packen, einpacken; packen (verstauen); Bündel, Meute, Rudel
unmannerly - unmanierlich
curs - Flüche; (cur) Hundesohn, Köter; (cur); Köter
"Though thou be prince or no prince, ‘tis all one, thou be’st a gallant lad, and not friendless neither! Here stand I by thy side to prove it; and mind I tell thee thou might’st have a worser friend than Miles Hendon and yet not tire thy legs with seeking. Rest thy small jaw, my child; I talk the language of these base kennel-rats like to a very native."
worser - schlimmer
tire - Reifen, Pneu (schweiz.); ermüden
jaw - Kiefer, Maul
base - Grundzahl, Unterlage, Basis, Grund; Bettrost
rats - Ratten; Ratte
The speaker was a sort of Don Caesar de Bazan in dress, aspect, and bearing. He was tall, trim-built, muscular. His doublet and trunks were of rich material, but faded and threadbare, and their gold-lace adornments were sadly tarnished; his ruff was rumpled and damaged; the plume in his slouched hat was broken and had a bedraggled and disreputable look; at his side he wore a long rapier in a rusty iron sheath; his swaggering carriage marked him at once as a ruffler of the camp.
Caesar - Cäsar, Caesar, Zäsar, Kaiser
trim - trimmen; kürzen, nachschneiden, stutzen
muscular - muskulär, Muskel
trunks - Stamm, Baumstamm, Koffer, Truhe, Schrankkoffer, Schiffskoffer
faded - verblasst; Mode, Trend, Modeerscheinung, Fimmel
threadbare - fadenscheinig
adornments - Ausschmückungen; Verzierung
tarnished - befleckt; Anlaufen, Mattieren, Beschlagen, anlaufen
rumpled - zerknittert; zerknittern
damaged - beschädigt; Schaden, Schaden, beschädigen
plume - Schadstofffahne, Abwasserfahne
slouched - gekrümmt; herumlungern, herumhängen, Durchhänger, Schlafmütze
bedraggled - zerlumpt; durchnässen
disreputable - anrüchig
rapier - Stoßdegen, Rapier
rusty - rostig, verrostet
iron - eisern; bügeln; in Eisen legen
sheath - Scheide; Futteral
swaggering - Prahlerei; schwadronierend; (swagger) Prahlerei; schwadronierend
ruffler - Krauskopf
Camp - lagern, zelten, campen, kampieren; Lager
The speech of this fantastic figure was received with an explosion of jeers and laughter. Some cried, "‘Tis another prince in disguise!" "‘Ware thy tongue, friend: belike he is dangerous!" "Marry, he looketh it-mark his eye!" "Pluck the lad from him-to the horse-pond wi’ the cub!"
figure - Abbildung; Figur; Gestalt; Ziffer; Form
explosion - Explosion
in disguise - verkappt
looketh - sieht
pluck - pflücken, abrupfen, zupfen, schlagen, ausrupfen
cub - Welpe; Tollpatsch, Flegel
Instantly a hand was laid upon the Prince, under the impulse of this happy thought; as instantly the stranger’s long sword was out and the meddler went to the earth under a sounding thump with the flat of it. The next moment a score of voices shouted, "Kill the dog! Kill him! Kill him!" and the mob closed in on the warrior, who backed himself against a wall and began to lay about him with his long weapon like a madman.
impulse - Anstoß; Impuls, Triebkraft, Drang, innerer Antrieb, Kraftstoß
earth - Erde, Land, Grund
thump - Klopfen; dumpfer Schlag
score - Spielergebnis, Spielstand, Punktzahl, Partitur, anritzen
kill - vernichten, totmachen, löschen, zerstören, töten
warrior - Krieger, Kriegerin
weapon - Waffe
madman - Irrer, Wahnsinniger, Verrückter
His victims sprawled this way and that, but the mob-tide poured over their prostrate forms and dashed itself against the champion with undiminished fury.
victims - Opfer
sprawled - Ausgestreckt; ausspreizen, grätschen, sich ausbreiten, Wuchern
tide - Gezeiten, Ebbe
poured - geschüttet; schütten, einschenken, gießen
prostrate - niedergeschlagen; niedergestreckt; niederwerfen, erniedrigen
dashed - gestrichelt; Bindestrich, Gedankenstrich, Querstrich, Strich
champion - Sieger, Siegerin, Gewinner, Gewinnerin
undiminished - unvermindert
His moments seemed numbered, his destruction certain, when suddenly a trumpet-blast sounded, a voice shouted, "Way for the King’s messenger!" and a troop of horsemen came charging down upon the mob, who fled out of harm’s reach as fast as their legs could carry them. The bold stranger caught up the Prince in his arms, and was soon far away from danger and the multitude.
destruction - Zerstörung, Vernichtung
trumpet - Trompete
horsemen - Reitern; Reiter
charging - Aufladung; Entgelt
danger - Gefahr, Risiko, Bedrohung; (dang); Gefahr, Risiko, Bedrohung
Return we within the Guildhall. Suddenly, high above the jubilant roar and thunder of the revel, broke the clear peal of a bugle-note. There was instant silence-a deep hush; then a single voice rose-that of the messenger from the palace-and began to pipe forth a proclamation, the whole multitude standing listening.
jubilant - jubelnd
peal - läuten; Geläut
pipe - Flöte; Orgelpfeife; Rohr; senkrechter Strich
The closing words, solemnly pronounced, were-
closing words - Schlusswort
solemnly - feierlich, festlich, ernst
pronounced - ausgeprägt; verkünden, aussprechen, pronunzieren, aussprechen
"The King is dead!"
The great assemblage bent their heads upon their breasts with one accord; remained so, in profound silence, a few moments; then all sank upon their knees in a body, stretched out their hands toward Tom, and a mighty shout burst forth that seemed to shake the building-
accord - Vereinbarung; Übereinstimmung, Einvernehmen, Übereinkommen
stretched - gestreckt; strecken, dehnen, langziehen, dehnen
"Long live the King!"
Poor Tom’s dazed eyes wandered abroad over this stupefying spectacle, and finally rested dreamily upon the kneeling princesses beside him, a moment, then upon the Earl of Hertford. A sudden purpose dawned in his face. He said, in a low tone, at Lord Hertford’s ear-
stupefying - verblüffend; betäuben
dreamily - träumerisch; verträumte
princesses - Prinzessinnen; Prinzessin, Königstochter
purpose - absicht, Absicht, Einsatzzweck, Zweck
dawned - dämmerte; dämmern, Morgendämmerung, Dämmerung, Morgengrauen
"Answer me truly, on thy faith and honour! Uttered I here a command, the which none but a king might hold privilege and prerogative to utter, would such commandment be obeyed, and none rise up to say me nay?"
honour - Ehrung, Ehre; ehren; beehren, akzeptieren, annehmen, honorieren
uttered - geäußert; äußerst
hold - halten; innehaben
privilege - Privileg, Vergünstigung, privilegieren
prerogative - Prärogative, Bevorrechtung, Privileg, Vorrecht
"None, my liege, in all these realms. In thy person bides the majesty of England. Thou art the king-thy word is law."
bides - erwarten, abwarten
Tom responded, in a strong, earnest voice, and with great animation-
earnest - ernsthaft; gesetzt, ernst; (earn) ernsthaft; gesetzt, ernst
animation - Belebung, Vitalisierung, Animation
"Then shall the king’s law be law of mercy, from this day, and never more be law of blood! Up from thy knees and away! To the Tower, and say the King decrees the Duke of Norfolk shall not die!"
The words were caught up and carried eagerly from lip to lip far and wide over the hall, and as Hertford hurried from the presence, another prodigious shout burst forth-
lip - Lippe; Auslauf, Überlauf, Schnaupe, Ansatz
"The reign of blood is ended! Long live Edward, King of England!"
As soon as Miles Hendon and the little prince were clear of the mob, they struck down through back lanes and alleys toward the river. Their way was unobstructed until they approached London Bridge; then they ploughed into the multitude again, Hendon keeping a fast grip upon the Prince’s-no, the King’s-wrist. The tremendous news was already abroad, and the boy learned it from a thousand voices at once-"The King is dead!" The tidings struck a chill to the heart of the poor little waif, and sent a shudder through his frame. He realised the greatness of his loss, and was filled with a bitter grief; for the grim tyrant who had been such a terror to others had always been gentle with him. The tears sprang to his eyes and blurred all objects.
lanes - Fahrspuren; Gasse, Spur, Spur, Route
unobstructed - ungehindert
ploughed - gepflügt; Pflug, pflügen, pflügen, ficken
chill - chillen; Mutlosigkeit, Frostgefühl
waif - eine Waise; verlassenes obdachloses Kind
shudder - erschaudern; Schauder; (wohliger) Schauder; schaudern; zittern
Loss - Verlust, Ausfall; Kursverlust
Bitter - herb, rau, bitter
tyrant - Tyrann, Tyrannin, checkTyrannin
blurred - verschwimmen, verwischen, verschmieren, verschwimmen
For an instant he felt himself the most forlorn, outcast, and forsaken of God’s creatures-then another cry shook the night with its far-reaching thunders: "Long live King Edward the Sixth!" and this made his eyes kindle, and thrilled him with pride to his fingers’ ends. "Ah," he thought, "how grand and strange it seems-I am King!"
reaching - erreichen; erzielen, greifen (nach)
thunders - donnert; Donner, Donnern
sixth - sechste; Sechster; Sechstel; Sexte
kindle - anzünden
thrilled - aufgeregt; Nervenkitzel; erregen, erschauern, durchdringen
pride - Hochmut; Stolz, Trotz, Dünkel, Machtbewusstsein, Rudel
Our friends threaded their way slowly through the throngs upon the bridge. This structure, which had stood for six hundred years, and had been a noisy and populous thoroughfare all that time, was a curious affair, for a closely packed rank of stores and shops, with family quarters overhead, stretched along both sides of it, from one bank of the river to the other. The Bridge was a sort of town to itself; it had its inn, its beer-houses, its bakeries, its haberdasheries, its food markets, its manufacturing industries, and even its church. It looked upon the two neighbours which it linked together-London and Southwark-as being well enough as suburbs, but not otherwise particularly important. It was a close corporation, so to speak; it was a narrow town, of a single street a fifth of a mile long, its population was but a village population and everybody in it knew all his fellow-townsmen intimately, and had known their fathers and mothers before them-and all their little family affairs into the bargain. It had its aristocracy, of course-its fine old families of butchers, and bakers, and what-not, who had occupied the same old premises for five or six hundred years, and knew the great history of the Bridge from beginning to end, and all its strange legends; and who always talked bridgy talk, and thought bridgy thoughts, and lied in a long, level, direct, substantial bridgy way. It was just the sort of population to be narrow and ignorant and self-conceited. Children were born on the Bridge, were reared there, grew to old age, and finally died without ever having set a foot upon any part of the world but London Bridge alone. Such people would naturally imagine that the mighty and interminable procession which moved through its street night and day, with its confused roar of shouts and cries, its neighings and bellowing and bleatings and its muffled thunder-tramp, was the one great thing in this world, and themselves somehow the proprietors of it.
threaded - mit Gewinde; Faden, Garn
throngs - Scharen; Menschengewühl
structure - Struktur, Datenstruktur, strukturieren
thoroughfare - Durchfahrt, Durchgangsstraße, Hauptverkehrsstraße, Verkehrsader
affair - Angelegenheit; Scharmützel; Ding; Beziehung, Affäre
rank - (sozialer) Stand, Rang, Dienstgrad
stores - Geschäfte; Lager
overhead - von oben, darüber, Überkopf-
Inn - Gasthaus; Herberge
bakeries - Bäckereien; Bäckerei, Backstube
haberdasheries - Kurzwaren, Kurzwarengeschäft
manufacturing - Herstellung, Produktion; (manufacture); Produktion, Herstellung
industries - Branchen; Bestreben
linked - verbunden; Verknüpfung, Gelenk, Bindeglied; verbinden
suburbs - Vorstädte; Vorstadt, Vorort, Stadtteil, Bezirk, Stadtbezirk
particularly - besonders
corporation - Unternehmen; Körperschaft; Aktiengesellschaft
population - Bevölkerung; Population; Bevölkerungszahl, Einwohnerzahl
townsmen - Städter; Bürger, Stadtbewohner
intimately - vertraut
into the bargain - noch dazu
aristocracy - Aristokratie
butchers - niedermetzeln, niedermachen; Metzger, Schlächter, Fleischer
Bakers - Bäcker, Bäckerin
premises - Prämisse, Voraussetzung, Lokal
lied - gelegt, Kunstlied, gelogen
level - Niveau; eben; auf gleicher Höhe
Direct - direkt, unmittelbar, beaufsichtigen, inszenieren, befehlen
substantial - wesentlich, essenziell, substanziell
conceited - Eingebildet; Eingebung, Einbildung, Konzept
reared - aufgezogen; Hinter.., hinterster, Heck, Rück..
interminable - unendlich
shouts - schreit; Schrei, Zuruf; rufen, schreien, laut schreien
cries - weint; weinen, schreien, schreien, rufen, Weinen
neighings - Wiehern
bellowing - Gebrüll; brüllen, röhren, brüllen, grölen
bleatings - Gemecker; meckernd
muffled - gedämpft; umhüllen, einhüllen
tramp - Landstreicher; Vagabund, Penner, Schlampe, Flittchen
somehow - irgendwie
proprietors - Eigentümern; Inhaber, Inhaberin, Besitzer, Besitzerin, Besitzer
And so they were, in effect-at least they could exhibit it from their windows, and did-for a consideration-whenever a returning king or hero gave it a fleeting splendour, for there was no place like it for affording a long, straight, uninterrupted view of marching columns.
exhibit - zeigen, zur Schau stellen, ausstellen, vorzeigen
consideration - Berücksichtigung; Erwägung, Überlegung, Rücksicht, Vergütung
fleeting - flüchtig; Flotte; Fahrzeugpark
affording - leisten können; leisten
uninterrupted - ohne Unterbrechung; ununterbrochen
columns - Spalten; Säule, Spalte, Spalte, Druckspalte, Kolumne, Kolonne
Men born and reared upon the Bridge found life unendurably dull and inane elsewhere. History tells of one of these who left the Bridge at the age of seventy-one and retired to the country. But he could only fret and toss in his bed; he could not go to sleep, the deep stillness was so painful, so awful, so oppressive.
unendurably - unhaltbar
dull - stumpf; fad, langweilig, matt, blöd, blöde
inane - unsinnig; sinnlos, albern, bedeutungslos, sinnfrei
fret - beunruhigen; sich grämen
toss - zu werfen; Wurf; Münzwurf; werfen; verwerfen, wegwerfen
stillness - Stille
painful - schmerzhaft
oppressive - bedrückend
When he was worn out with it, at last, he fled back to his old home, a lean and haggard spectre, and fell peacefully to rest and pleasant dreams under the lulling music of the lashing waters and the boom and crash and thunder of London Bridge.
haggard - verstört, abgezehrt, wild, abgehärmt
spectre - Schreckgespenst, Gespenst
peacefully - friedlich
lulling - einlullend; Windstille
lashing - Tauwerk, peitschend, Geißelung; (lash) Tauwerk, peitschend
In the times of which we are writing, the Bridge furnished ‘object lessons’ in English history for its children-namely, the livid and decaying heads of renowned men impaled upon iron spikes atop of its gateways. But we digress.
namely - und zwar, nämlich
livid - blau; blass vor Wut, wütend, fuchsteufelswild
decaying - verrotten; Verfall, Verwesung, Fäulnis, verfallen, verderben
renowned - bekannt; Ansehen
impaled - aufgespießt; pfählen, erstechen, aufspießen
spikes - Nagel, Spitze, Spitze, Stachel, Ähre, Getreideähre, Ähre
atop - obenauf, zuoberst, obendrauf
digress - abgehen, abschweifen, ausschweifen
Hendon’s lodgings were in the little inn on the Bridge. As he neared the door with his small friend, a rough voice said-
lodgings - Unterbringung; Unterkunft
"So, thou’rt come at last! Thou’lt not escape again, I warrant thee; and if pounding thy bones to a pudding can teach thee somewhat, thou’lt not keep us waiting another time, mayhap,"-and John Canty put out his hand to seize the boy.
another time - ein anderes Mal
seize - ergreifen, fassen, packen, beschlagnahmen, erfassen
Miles Hendon stepped in the way and said-
"Not too fast, friend. Thou art needlessly rough, methinks. What is the lad to thee?"
needlessly - unnötige, unnötig
methinks - meinen Sie; mich dünken
"If it be any business of thine to make and meddle in others’ affairs, he is my son."
"‘Tis a lie!" cried the little King, hotly.
hotly - heiß; erregt, hitzig
"Boldly said, and I believe thee, whether thy small headpiece be sound or cracked, my boy. But whether this scurvy ruffian be thy father or no, ‘tis all one, he shall not have thee to beat thee and abuse, according to his threat, so thou prefer to bide with me."
boldly - kühn, tapfer
headpiece - Kopfbedeckung; Nackenriemen
cracked - geknackt; Riss, Knall, Aufbruch, Bresche; aufbrechen, knallen
beat - Schlag ;jdn. bezwingen
threat - drohen; Bedrohung, Drohung
"I do, I do-I know him not, I loathe him, and will die before I will go with him."
loathe - verabscheuen, ablehnen, hassen
"Then ‘tis settled, and there is nought more to say."
settled - erledigt; abklären
"We will see, as to that!" exclaimed John Canty, striding past Hendon to get at the boy; "by force shall he-"
striding - schreitend; schreiten
by force - zwangsweise
"If thou do but touch him, thou animated offal, I will spit thee like a goose!" said Hendon, barring the way and laying his hand upon his sword hilt. Canty drew back. "Now mark ye," continued Hendon, "I took this lad under my protection when a mob of such as thou would have mishandled him, mayhap killed him; dost imagine I will desert him now to a worser fate?
animated - animiert; lebendig, beseelt, bewegt, lebhaft, belebt, beleben
spit - speien, brutzeln, knistern (Feuer), spucken; Bratspieß
goose - Gans
hilt - Griff
mishandled - falsch gehandhabt; falsch handhaben
killed - getötet; vernichten, totmachen, löschen, zerstören, töten
desert - Wüste, wüst, Ă–de; verlassen, desertieren, im Stich lassen
fate - Schicksal, Los, Geschick
for whether thou art his father or no-and sooth to say, I think it is a lie-a decent swift death were better for such a lad than life in such brute hands as thine. So go thy ways, and set quick about it, for I like not much bandying of words, being not over-patient in my nature."
decent - anständig, sittsam, (ganz) anständig
swift - Mauersegler; schnell; Segler; Garnwinde
bandying - spielen; verbreitend; (bandy) spielen; verbreitend
patient - geduldig; Patient, Patientin, Kranker, Kranke, Patiens
John Canty moved off, muttering threats and curses, and was swallowed from sight in the crowd. Hendon ascended three flights of stairs to his room, with his charge, after ordering a meal to be sent thither. It was a poor apartment, with a shabby bed and some odds and ends of old furniture in it, and was vaguely lighted by a couple of sickly candles. The little King dragged himself to the bed and lay down upon it, almost exhausted with hunger and fatigue.
threats - Bedrohungen; drohen; Bedrohung, Drohung
curses - Verfluchungen; (cur) Hundesohn, Köter
swallowed - verschluckt; schlucken, verschlingen, anbeißen, einstecken
ascended - aufgestiegen; steigen, aufsteigen
stairs - Stufe, Treppenstufe, Treppe
thither - dorthin, dahin
vaguely - undeutlich
sickly - kränklich
candles - Kerzen; Kerze
exhausted - erschöpft; erschöpfen, dezimieren, erschöpfen, Auspuff, Abgas
fatigue - Müdigkeit, Ermüdung, Schlappheit, Überdruss
He had been on his feet a good part of a day and a night (for it was now two or three o’clock in the morning), and had eaten nothing meantime. He murmured drowsily-
drowsily - schläfrige
"Prithee call me when the table is spread," and sank into a deep sleep immediately.
spread - verteilen; spreizen; ausstreuen, verbreiten, auftragen
deep sleep - Tiefschlaf
A smile twinkled in Hendon’s eye, and he said to himself-
twinkled - geglitzert; funkeln, zwinkern
"By the mass, the little beggar takes to one’s quarters and usurps one’s bed with as natural and easy a grace as if he owned them-with never a by-your-leave or so-please-it-you, or anything of the sort. In his diseased ravings he called himself the Prince of Wales, and bravely doth he keep up the character. Poor little friendless rat, doubtless his mind has been disordered with ill-usage. Well, I will be his friend; I have saved him, and it draweth me strongly to him; already I love the bold-tongued little rascal.
usurps - usurpiert; usurpieren
ravings - Tobsuchtsanfälle; (rave) wüten, toben, rasen
character - Figur, Person, Charakter, Original, Buchstabe, Zeichen
rat - Ratte
doubtless - zweifelsfrei, zweifellos
disordered - gestört; Unordnung, Unruhen-p, Störung
draweth - zieht
strongly - stark
tongued - mit der Zunge; Zunge, Zunge, t+Lasche
rascal - Schlingel; Gauner, Strolch, Bösewicht, Schurke, Bengel
How soldier-like he faced the smutty rabble and flung back his high defiance! And what a comely, sweet and gentle face he hath, now that sleep hath conjured away its troubles and its griefs. I will teach him; I will cure his malady; yea, I will be his elder brother, and care for him and watch over him; and whoso would shame him or do him hurt may order his shroud, for though I be burnt for it he shall need it!"
smutty - schmutzig
flung - geschleudert; Affäre (Liebesaffäre)
defiance - Trotzigkeit; Trotz, Auflehnung, Widerstand, offener Ungehorsam
cure - räuchern (Fleisch), heilen, abbinden (Leim); Kur, Heilung
shame - Schamgefühl; Scham, Schande
shroud - Leichentuch, Totenhemd
burnt - angebrannt, verbrannt, brennen, verbrennen; (burn) angebrannt
He bent over the boy and contemplated him with kind and pitying interest, tapping the young cheek tenderly and smoothing back the tangled curls with his great brown hand. A slight shiver passed over the boy’s form. Hendon muttered-
pitying - Mitleid
tapping - anzapfend, klopfend, steppend; (tap) anzapfend, klopfend
smoothing - Glättung; glättend, gleitend
tangled - verwickelt; Wirrwarr, Gewirr
curls - Locken; Locke
passed over - übertrat
"See, now, how like a man it was to let him lie here uncovered and fill his body with deadly rheums. Now what shall I do? ‘twill wake him to take him up and put him within the bed, and he sorely needeth sleep."
uncovered - aufgedeckt; aufdecken, enthüllen
rheums - Rheuma; Schleim
twill - Köperbindung, Köper
sorely - schwer; schlimm
needeth - brauchen
He looked about for extra covering, but finding none, doffed his doublet and wrapped the lad in it, saying, "I am used to nipping air and scant apparel, ‘tis little I shall mind the cold!"-then walked up and down the room, to keep his blood in motion, soliloquising as before.
nipping - kneifen, zwicken; flitzen
apparel - Kleidung
"His injured mind persuades him he is Prince of Wales; ‘twill be odd to have a Prince of Wales still with us, now that he that was the prince is prince no more, but king-for this poor mind is set upon the one fantasy, and will not reason out that now it should cast by the prince and call itself the king. . . If my father liveth still, after these seven years that I have heard nought from home in my foreign dungeon, he will welcome the poor lad and give him generous shelter for my sake; so will my good elder brother, Arthur; my other brother, Hugh-but I will crack his crown an he interfere, the fox-hearted, ill-conditioned animal!
injured - verletzt; verletzen, verletzen
persuades - überredet; überreden, gewinnen, verführen, bestechen
liveth - lebt
dungeon - Verlies, Kerker, Donjon
generous - großzügig, generös
for my sake - meinetwegen
crack - Riss, Knall, Aufbruch, Bresche; aufbrechen, knallen, platzen
fox - Fuchs
conditioned - konditioniert; Bedingung, Kondition, Bedingung, Voraussetzung
Yes, thither will we fare-and straightway, too."
fare - Tarifzone, Fahrpreiszone, Teilstrecke; Nahrung, Fahrpreis
A servant entered with a smoking meal, disposed it upon a small deal table, placed the chairs, and took his departure, leaving such cheap lodgers as these to wait upon themselves. The door slammed after him, and the noise woke the boy, who sprang to a sitting posture, and shot a glad glance about him; then a grieved look came into his face and he murmured to himself, with a deep sigh, "Alack, it was but a dream, woe is me!
servant - Diener, Dienerin, Lakai, Kammerdiener
disposed - entsorgt; beseitigen, entsorgen, ordnen
lodgers - Untermieter, Mieter
wait upon - jdm. seine Aufwartung machen
slammed - zugeknallt; zuschlagen, hart anpacken, zuknallen; harte Kritik
noise - Lärm, Geräusch, Krach, Rauschen, Störung
grieved - getrauert; weh tun, kränken, bekümmern; sich grämen (über)
Next he noticed Miles Hendon’s doublet-glanced from that to Hendon, comprehended the sacrifice that had been made for him, and said, gently-
noticed - bemerkt; Bekanntmachung, Benachrichtigung, Mitteilung
comprehended - begriffen; umfassen, verstehen, begreifen, erfassen, einsehen
sacrifice - opfern; Opfer
"Thou art good to me, yes, thou art very good to me. Take it and put it on-I shall not need it more."
Then he got up and walked to the washstand in the corner and stood there, waiting. Hendon said in a cheery voice-
washstand - Waschtisch
cheery - fröhlich; heiter, froh
"We’ll have a right hearty sup and bite, now, for everything is savoury and smoking hot, and that and thy nap together will make thee a little man again, never fear!"
hearty - herzlich, herzhaft, deftig
sup - Was ist los?; schlürfen
bite - beißen; Biss; Stich; Bissen
savoury - wohlschmeckend; schmackhaft
little man - Männchen
The boy made no answer, but bent a steady look, that was filled with grave surprise, and also somewhat touched with impatience, upon the tall knight of the sword. Hendon was puzzled, and said-
Impatience - Ungeduld
"What’s amiss?"
amiss - nicht in Ordnung; schlecht, fehlend, verkehrt
"Good sir, I would wash me."
"Oh, is that all? Ask no permission of Miles Hendon for aught thou cravest. Make thyself perfectly free here, and welcome, with all that are his belongings."
permission - Erlaubnis, Gestattung, Genehmigung
aught - etwas
perfectly - perfekt, einwandfrei, vollkommen, durchaus
belongings - Hab und Gut; gehörend, zugehörig
Still the boy stood, and moved not; more, he tapped the floor once or twice with his small impatient foot. Hendon was wholly perplexed. Said he-
tapped - angezapft; Wasserhahn; Schlacke abstechen
impatient - ungeduldig
"Bless us, what is it?"
"Prithee pour the water, and make not so many words!"
pour - schütten, einschenken, gießen
Hendon, suppressing a horse-laugh, and saying to himself, "By all the saints, but this is admirable!" stepped briskly forward and did the small insolent’s bidding; then stood by, in a sort of stupefaction, until the command, "Come-the towel!" woke him sharply up. He took up a towel, from under the boy’s nose, and handed it to him without comment. He now proceeded to comfort his own face with a wash, and while he was at it his adopted child seated himself at the table and prepared to fall to.
suppressing - unterdrücken, unterdrücken, unterdrücken
Saints - Heilige; Sankt
admirable - bewundernswert
briskly - zügig; forsch
insolent - unverschämt; beleidigend, verletzend, anmaßend, überheblich
bidding - (to bid) befehlen, bieten, bitten; (bid) (to bid) befehlen
stupefaction - Verblödung; Benommenheit, Schock, Betäubung, Bestürzung
towel - Handtuch
sharply - scharf, scharfzüngig, spitzzüngig
comment - Kommentar; kommentieren; Erläuterung, Anmerkung, Vermerk
adopted - angenommen; adoptieren, annehmen, übernehmen
Hendon despatched his ablutions with alacrity, then drew back the other chair and was about to place himself at table, when the boy said, indignantly-
despatched - verschickt; Tötung
ablutions - Waschungen; Waschung, Abwaschung, Ablution
alacrity - Eilfertigkeit; Eifer; Unverzüglichkeit
indignantly - entrüstet
"Forbear! Wouldst sit in the presence of the King?"
forbear - unterlassen; Vorfahr
wouldst - oder
This blow staggered Hendon to his foundations. He muttered to himself, "Lo, the poor thing’s madness is up with the time! It hath changed with the great change that is come to the realm, and now in fancy is he king! Good lack, I must humour the conceit, too-there is no other way-faith, he would order me to the Tower, else!"
staggered - gestaffelt; Staffelung; abstufen, staffeln, wanken
foundations - Stiftungen; Gründung, Grundlage, Fundament
conceit - Eingebung; Einbildung; Konzept
And pleased with this jest, he removed the chair from the table, took his stand behind the King, and proceeded to wait upon him in the courtliest way he was capable of.
removed - entfernt; entfernen, beseitigen, verdrängen, umziehen
courtliest - am höflichsten; vornehm
capable - fähig
While the King ate, the rigour of his royal dignity relaxed a little, and with his growing contentment came a desire to talk. He said-"I think thou callest thyself Miles Hendon, if I heard thee aright?"
rigour - Härte, Strenge
royal dignity - Königswürde
contentment - Zufriedenheit, Genügsamkeit
callest - anrufen
"Yes, Sire," Miles replied; then observed to himself, "If I must humour the poor lad’s madness, I must ‘Sire’ him, I must ‘Majesty’ him, I must not go by halves, I must stick at nothing that belongeth to the part I play, else shall I play it ill and work evil to this charitable and kindly cause."
belongeth - zugehört
charitable - wohltätig
The King warmed his heart with a second glass of wine, and said-"I would know thee-tell me thy story. Thou hast a gallant way with thee, and a noble-art nobly born?"
nobly - großmütig, edel
"We are of the tail of the nobility, good your Majesty. My father is a baronet-one of the smaller lords by knight service {2}-Sir Richard Hendon of Hendon Hall, by Monk’s Holm in Kent."
tail - Schwanz; Zipfel
nobility - Adel, Aristokratie, Nobilität, Adeligkeit, Blaublütigkeit
Richard - Richard, Rikard
monk - Mönch
holm - Steineiche
Kent - Kent
"The name has escaped my memory. Go on-tell me thy story."
"‘Tis not much, your Majesty, yet perchance it may beguile a short half-hour for want of a better. My father, Sir Richard, is very rich, and of a most generous nature. My mother died whilst I was yet a boy. I have two brothers: Arthur, my elder, with a soul like to his father’s; and Hugh, younger than I, a mean spirit, covetous, treacherous, vicious, underhanded-a reptile. Such was he from the cradle; such was he ten years past, when I last saw him-a ripe rascal at nineteen, I being twenty then, and Arthur twenty-two. There is none other of us but the Lady Edith, my cousin-she was sixteen then-beautiful, gentle, good, the daughter of an earl, the last of her race, heiress of a great fortune and a lapsed title. My father was her guardian. I loved her and she loved me; but she was betrothed to Arthur from the cradle, and Sir Richard would not suffer the contract to be broken. Arthur loved another maid, and bade us be of good cheer and hold fast to the hope that delay and luck together would some day give success to our several causes.
most generous - freizügigste
covetous - begehrlich
treacherous - verräterisch
vicious - bösartig; gewalttätig, destruktiv, grausam, aggressiv, böse
underhanded - hinterhältig
reptile - Kriechtier, Reptil, Wurm
ripe - reif
race - um die Wette rennen; Rasse, Menschenschlag, Rennen
heiress - Erbin
Fortune - Fortuna; Schicksal, Glück, Vermögen
lapsed - verjährt; Runden
guardian - Wächter, Wache, Vormund, Erziehungsberechtigter
betrothed - Verlobter, Verlobte; (betroth); verloben; verloben
contract - Vertrag, Kontrakt; ich/er/sie zog zusammen, Vertrag abschließen
be broken - erledigt sein, kaputt sein
maid - Dienstmädchen; Mädchen; Stubenmädchen
bade - geboten
some day - eines Tages, einst, irgendwann, dereinst
causes - Ursache, Anlass, Grund, Sache, verursachen, auslösen, lassen
Hugh loved the Lady Edith’s fortune, though in truth he said it was herself he loved-but then ‘twas his way, alway, to say the one thing and mean the other. But he lost his arts upon the girl; he could deceive my father, but none else. My father loved him best of us all, and trusted and believed him; for he was the youngest child, and others hated him-these qualities being in all ages sufficient to win a parent’s dearest love; and he had a smooth persuasive tongue, with an admirable gift of lying-and these be qualities which do mightily assist a blind affection to cozen itself. I was wild-in troth I might go yet farther and say very wild, though ‘twas a wildness of an innocent sort, since it hurt none but me, brought shame to none, nor loss, nor had in it any taint of crime or baseness, or what might not beseem mine honourable degree.
alway - immer; (arch) Gewölbe, Bogen, Fußrücken
deceive - betrügen, täuschen
trusted - vertrauenswürdig; Vertrauen
qualities - Eigenschaften; Qualität, Qualität, Eigenschaft, Qualität
smooth - glatt; reibungslos, problemlos, glätten
persuasive - überzeugend, Überredung
gift - Geschenk, Präsent, Begabung, Talent, schenken
lying - Lügen; liegend; (lie) Lügen; liegend
mightily - mächtig
blind - blind, unkritisch, ignorant, Jalousie, Blind, Blinder, Blinde
affection - Zuneigung; Rührung
troth - Treuegelöbnis, Treueversprechen, Treueeid, Treue
wildness - Wildheit, Wildsein, Ungezähmtheit
innocent - rein; unschuldig
baseness - Niedertracht; Gemeinheit, Falschheit
beseem - sich ziemen; geziemen
honourable - ehrenhaft
"Yet did my brother Hugh turn these faults to good account-he seeing that our brother Arthur’s health was but indifferent, and hoping the worst might work him profit were I swept out of the path-so-but ‘twere a long tale, good my liege, and little worth the telling.
faults - Fehlern; Fehler, Schuld, Fehler, Charakterschwäche, Verfehlung
account - Rechnung, Bericht, Rechnung, Konto
indifferent - gleichgültig
profit - Gewinn, Profit, nützen, profitieren, erreichen, gewinnen
path - Weg, Pfad
Briefly, then, this brother did deftly magnify my faults and make them crimes; ending his base work with finding a silken ladder in mine apartments-conveyed thither by his own means-and did convince my father by this, and suborned evidence of servants and other lying knaves, that I was minded to carry off my Edith and marry with her in rank defiance of his will.
briefly - kurz
deftly - Geschickt; gewandt, flink
magnify - vergrößern
crimes - Straftat, Verbrechen
ladder - Leiter; Laufmasche
conveyed - übermittelt; befördern, transportieren, verfrachten, befördern
convince - überzeugen
suborned - betrogen; anstiften
evidence - Beweise; Beweis, Indiz, Beweismittel
knaves - Buben; Knabe, Knappe, Junge, Boy, Knecht, Gauner, Schurke
carry off - abtragen, verschleppen
"Three years of banishment from home and England might make a soldier and a man of me, my father said, and teach me some degree of wisdom. I fought out my long probation in the continental wars, tasting sumptuously of hard knocks, privation, and adventure; but in my last battle I was taken captive, and during the seven years that have waxed and waned since then, a foreign dungeon hath harboured me.
banishment - Verbannung
fought out - ausgefechtet
probation - Probezeit; Bewährung
Continental - kontinental
wars - Kriege; Krieg, Krieg, Krieg führen, qualifier
tasting - Verkostung; schmeckend
sumptuously - üppig; kostbar, kostbare
knocks - klopft; Klopfen
privation - Entbehrung, Einschränkung, Mangel, Armut, Not
adventure - Abenteuer
battle - sich schlagen, kämpfen; Schlacht, Kampf; Gefecht (Luftwaffe)
waxed - gewachst; das Wachs
waned - nachgelassen; abnehmen, abflauen, schwinden
harboured - beherbergt; Hafen, Zufluchtsort
Through wit and courage I won to the free air at last, and fled hither straight; and am but just arrived, right poor in purse and raiment, and poorer still in knowledge of what these dull seven years have wrought at Hendon Hall, its people and belongings. So please you, sir, my meagre tale is told."
courage - Courage, Herz, Mut, Tapferkeit
purse - Handtasche; Geldbörse, Geldbeutel
meagre - notdürftig (knapp, spärlich); karg (Einkommen, Mahl), mager
"Thou hast been shamefully abused!" said the little King, with a flashing eye. "But I will right thee-by the cross will I! The King hath said it."
shamefully - beschämend
abused - missbraucht; missbrauchen, beschimpfen; Missbrauch, Schmähung
Then, fired by the story of Miles’s wrongs, he loosed his tongue and poured the history of his own recent misfortunes into the ears of his astonished listener. When he had finished, Miles said to himself-
loosed - gelockert; verlassen, lose, locker
misfortunes - Unglücke; Pech
listener - Zuhörer, Zuhörerin, Beobachter
The King spoke-in a thoughtful, measured voice-
"Thou didst save me injury and shame, perchance my life, and so my crown. Such service demandeth rich reward. Name thy desire, and so it be within the compass of my royal power, it is thine."
demandeth - verlangt
compass - Kompass
This fantastic suggestion startled Hendon out of his reverie. He was about to thank the King and put the matter aside with saying he had only done his duty and desired no reward, but a wiser thought came into his head, and he asked leave to be silent a few moments and consider the gracious offer-an idea which the King gravely approved, remarking that it was best to be not too hasty with a thing of such great import.
reverie - Träumerei
wiser - weiser; klug, vernünftig
approved - genehmigt; billigen, genehmigen, zusagen
remarking - bemerken; Anmerkung, Bemerkung
hasty - voreilig; hastig, eilig
import - importieren; Einfuhr
Miles reflected during some moments, then said to himself, "Yes, that is the thing to do-by any other means it were impossible to get at it-and certes, this hour’s experience has taught me ‘twould be most wearing and inconvenient to continue it as it is. Yes, I will propose it; ‘twas a happy accident that I did not throw the chance away." Then he dropped upon one knee and said-
reflected - reflektiert; reflektieren, zurückspiegeln, spiegeln
impossible - unmöglich
Experience - Erlebnis, Erfahrung, Praxis
inconvenient - Unbequem
continue - fortsetzen, weiterhin
"My poor service went not beyond the limit of a subject’s simple duty, and therefore hath no merit; but since your Majesty is pleased to hold it worthy some reward, I take heart of grace to make petition to this effect. Near four hundred years ago, as your grace knoweth, there being ill blood betwixt John, King of England, and the King of France, it was decreed that two champions should fight together in the lists, and so settle the dispute by what is called the arbitrament of God. These two kings, and the Spanish king, being assembled to witness and judge the conflict, the French champion appeared; but so redoubtable was he, that our English knights refused to measure weapons with him. So the matter, which was a weighty one, was like to go against the English monarch by default. Now in the Tower lay the Lord de Courcy, the mightiest arm in England, stripped of his honours and possessions, and wasting with long captivity. Appeal was made to him; he gave assent, and came forth arrayed for battle; but no sooner did the Frenchman glimpse his huge frame and hear his famous name but he fled away, and the French king’s cause was lost. King John restored De Courcy’s titles and possessions, and said, ‘Name thy wish and thou shalt have it, though it cost me half my kingdom;’ whereat De Courcy, kneeling, as I do now, made answer, ‘This, then, I ask, my liege; that I and my successors may have and hold the privilege of remaining covered in the presence of the kings of England, henceforth while the throne shall last.
limit - Begrenzung, Grenze, Obergrenze; begrenzen
merit - Verdienst
take heart - (aus etw.) Mut schöpfen
petition - Petition, Eingabe
four hundred - vierhundert
betwixt - Dazwischen; zwischen
France - Frankreich
decreed - verordnet; Erlass, Dekret
champions - Sieger, Siegerin, Gewinner, Gewinnerin, Meister, Meisterin
settle - regeln; abklären
dispute - Streit, Disput, Debatte, erörtern, bestreiten
arbitrament - Schiedsspruch
assembled - montiert; zusammensetzen, versammeln, versammeln
witness - etw. miterleben;erleben, bezeugen, Zeuge sein bei; miterleben
judge - urteilen (nach), richten; Richter, Jurist
conflict - Konflikt, Streit, Gegensatz, Inkompatibilität
redoubtable - furchteinflößend
measure - Maß; Messung, Maßstab, Takt, Maßnahme, messen, abmessen
weapons - Waffen; Waffe
monarch - Monarch, Monarchin, Fürst
default - Standard; Fristversäumnis, Säumnis, Zahlungseinstellung
mightiest - mächtigste; gewaltig, mächtig
stripped - entkleidet; Zeichenketten
possessions - Besitztümer; Gut
wasting - Verschwendung, Vergeudung; (wast) Verschwendung, Vergeudung
appeal - Berufung; Revision, Wirkung, Anziehungskraft; reizen, zusagen
Frenchman - Franzose, Schangel
whereat - Wozu
successors - Nachfolgern; Nachfolger, Nachfolgerin, Nachfolger, Nachfolgerin
remaining - Überrest (2), de
The boon was granted, as your Majesty knoweth; and there hath been no time, these four hundred years, that that line has failed of an heir; and so, even unto this day, the head of that ancient house still weareth his hat or helm before the King’s Majesty, without let or hindrance, and this none other may do. {3} Invoking this precedent in aid of my prayer, I beseech the King to grant to me but this one grace and privilege-to my more than sufficient reward-and none other, to wit: that I and my heirs, for ever, may sit in the presence of the Majesty of England!"
boon - Segen, Wohltat
granted - gewährt; gewähren, erteilen, bewilligen
weareth - trägt
helm - Pinne, Ruder, Steuer, Steuerruder
hindrance - Behinderung, Hindernis
Invoking - anrufen, sich berühmen, aufrufen
precedent - Präzedenz, Präzedenzfall, Präjudiz
aid - Hilfsmittel, Hilfe, Mithilfe; helfen, beispringen
beseech - anflehen, ersuchen, bitten
grant to - angedeihen
heirs - Erben; Erbe, Erbin, Thronerbe
"Rise, Sir Miles Hendon, Knight," said the King, gravely-giving the accolade with Hendon’s sword-"rise, and seat thyself. Thy petition is granted. Whilst England remains, and the crown continues, the privilege shall not lapse."
accolade - Anerkennung, Lob, Auszeichnung, Ritterschlag, Akkolade
continues - fortsetzen, weiterhin
His Majesty walked apart, musing, and Hendon dropped into a chair at table, observing to himself, "‘Twas a brave thought, and hath wrought me a mighty deliverance; my legs are grievously wearied. An I had not thought of that, I must have had to stand for weeks, till my poor lad’s wits are cured." After a little, he went on, "And so I am become a knight of the Kingdom of Dreams and Shadows! A most odd and strange position, truly, for one so matter-of-fact as I.
deliverance - Auslieferung, Abgabe, Erlösung, Befreiung
cured - geheilt; Köter, Köter
shadows - Schatten, beschatten, beschatten
position - Stellung, Position, Arbeitsplatz, Stelle, positionieren
I will not laugh-no, God forbid, for this thing which is so substanceless to me is real to him. And to me, also, in one way, it is not a falsity, for it reflects with truth the sweet and generous spirit that is in him." After a pause: "Ah, what if he should call me by my fine title before folk!-there’d be a merry contrast betwixt my glory and my raiment! But no matter, let him call me what he will, so it please him; I shall be content."
substanceless - ersatzlos gestrichen
falsity - Unwahrkeit, Unrichtigkeit, Falschheit
reflects - reflektiert; reflektieren, zurückspiegeln, spiegeln
contrast - Kontrast; Gegensatz, Unterschied, gegenüberstellen
A heavy drowsiness presently fell upon the two comrades. The King said-
drowsiness - Schläfrigkeit
"Remove these rags."-meaning his clothing.
remove - entfernen; beseitigen; verdrängen; umziehen
Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, "He hath taken my bed again, as before-marry, what shall I do?" The little King observed his perplexity, and dissipated it with a word. He said, sleepily-
disapparelled - Enttäuscht
dissent - dissentieren; Dissens
tucked - gesteckt; zurückstreifen, einklemmen; Bundfalte
ruefully - reumütig; klägliche, reuig
perplexity - Verwirrung; Perplexität
dissipated - verpufft; zerstreuen, zerteilen, verscheuchen, lösen, abbauen
sleepily - schläfrig
"Thou wilt sleep athwart the door, and guard it." In a moment more he was out of his troubles, in a deep slumber.
athwart - quer
slumber - Halbschlaf, Schlummer, Schläfchen, schlummern, dösen, träumen
"Dear heart, he should have been born a king!" muttered Hendon, admiringly; "he playeth the part to a marvel."
admiringly - bewundernd
playeth - spielen
Then he stretched himself across the door, on the floor, saying contentedly-
contentedly - Zufrieden
"I have lodged worse for seven years; ‘twould be but ill gratitude to Him above to find fault with this."
lodged - hinterlegt; Lodge, Loge, Loge, Biberburg, feststecken
gratitude - Dankbarkeit
find fault with - mäkeln
He dropped asleep as the dawn appeared. Toward noon he rose, uncovered his unconscious ward-a section at a time-and took his measure with a string. The King awoke, just as he had completed his work, complained of the cold, and asked what he was doing.
dawn - dämmern; Morgendämmerung, Morgengrauen
noon - Mittag
string - Schnur; Zeichenkette, String, Saite, auffädeln, einfädeln
complained - beschwert; sich beschweren, klagen, sich beklagen, meckern
"‘Tis done, now, my liege," said Hendon; "I have a bit of business outside, but will presently return; sleep thou again-thou needest it. There-let me cover thy head also-thou’lt be warm the sooner."
bit - Häppchen, Gebiss, Bit
needest - brauchen
cover - Versicherungsdeckung ;überdecken;bespannen (mit Stoff ...), decken, überziehen;Ăśberzug , Umschlag , Hülle , Titel
The King was back in dreamland before this speech was ended. Miles slipped softly out, and slipped as softly in again, in the course of thirty or forty minutes, with a complete second-hand suit of boy’s clothing, of cheap material, and showing signs of wear; but tidy, and suited to the season of the year. He seated himself, and began to overhaul his purchase, mumbling to himself-
dreamland - Traumland
second-hand - (second-hand) Sekundenzeiger , gebraucht, getragen
signs - Wert, Zeichen, Hinweistafel, Indiz; unterschreiben, signieren
tidy - aufgeräumt; sauber, ordentlich, aufräumen, säubern, ordnen
suited - geeignet; Anzug, Anzugträger, Farbe, passen, passen
season - Jahreszeit, Saison; abschmecken (würzen), würzen
overhaul - Überholung, Aufarbeitung, Grundinstandsetzung, lgründlich
purchase - Einkauf, Anschaffung, kaufen, anschaffen
"A longer purse would have got a better sort, but when one has not the long purse one must be content with what a short one may do-
content with - begnügen
"‘There was a woman in our town,
In our town did dwell-’
"He stirred, methinks-I must sing in a less thunderous key; ‘tis not good to mar his sleep, with this journey before him, and he so wearied out, poor chap . . . This garment-‘tis well enough-a stitch here and another one there will set it aright. This other is better, albeit a stitch or two will not come amiss in it, likewise . . . These be very good and sound, and will keep his small feet warm and dry-an odd new thing to him, belike, since he has doubtless been used to foot it bare, winters and summers the same .
thunderous - donnernd
chap - Kerl; Bursche, Riss (in der Haut)
stitch - Stich (Näh-), Stich (Schmerz); nähen, absteppen
dry - trocken; trocknen, abtrocknen
. . Would thread were bread, seeing one getteth a year’s sufficiency for a farthing, and such a brave big needle without cost, for mere love. Now shall I have the demon’s own time to thread it!"
thread - Thema; Faden, Garn, Zwirn, Nähgarn
getteth - geteth
sufficiency - Ausreichend; Zulänglichkeiten, Zulänglichkeit
needle - Nadel; hänseln
demon - Dämon, Teufel
And so he had. He did as men have always done, and probably always will do, to the end of time-held the needle still, and tried to thrust the thread through the eye, which is the opposite of a woman’s way.
Time and time again the thread missed the mark, going sometimes on one side of the needle, sometimes on the other, sometimes doubling up against the shaft; but he was patient, having been through these experiences before, when he was soldiering. He succeeded at last, and took up the garment that had lain waiting, meantime, across his lap, and began his work.
missed the mark - vorbeigeschossen
doubling - Verdoppelung; verdoppeln; (double); doppelt; doppel-; doppellagig
experiences - Erfahrungen; Erlebnis
soldiering - Soldat sein; (soldier) Krieger, Kämpfer
succeeded - erfolgreich; nachfolgen, gelingen, geraten, nachfolgen
lain - (lie down) sich hinlegen
lap - Schoß
"The inn is paid-the breakfast that is to come, included-and there is wherewithal left to buy a couple of donkeys and meet our little costs for the two or three days betwixt this and the plenty that awaits us at Hendon Hall-
wherewithal - das nötige Kleingeld; Mittel, Geldmittel, Mittel und Wege
donkeys - Esel; Grauchen
awaits - erwartet; erwarten, harren, warten
"‘She loved her hus-’
"Body o’ me! I have driven the needle under my nail! . . . It matters little-‘tis not a novelty-yet ‘tis not a convenience, neither. . . . We shall be merry there, little one, never doubt it! Thy troubles will vanish there, and likewise thy sad distemper-
nail - nageln (derb. koitieren); annageln, Nagel, nageln
It matters - Es ist wichtig.
novelty - Neuheit, Neuartigkeit, neues Produkt, Krimskrams
convenience - Bequemlichkeit; Annehmlichkeit
little one - Kleine {m,f}
vanish - verschwinden, vergehen, sich verflüchtigen
"‘She loved her husband dearilee,
dearilee - Liebeskummer
But another man-’
"These be noble large stitches!"-holding the garment up and viewing it admiringly-"they have a grandeur and a majesty that do cause these small stingy ones of the tailor-man to look mightily paltry and plebeian-
stitches - Nähte; Stich (Näh-), Stich (Schmerz); nähen, absteppen
holding - haltend; (hold) haltend
viewing - Besichtigung; (view); Aussicht; Anblick, Ansicht, Aufruf, View
stingy - geizig
tailor - Schneider, Schneiderin, schneidern, zuschneiden, anpassen
paltry - geringfügig, dürftig, mager, armselig, schäbig
"‘She loved her husband dearilee,
But another man he loved she,-’
"Marry, ‘tis done-a goodly piece of work, too, and wrought with expedition. Now will I wake him, apparel him, pour for him, feed him, and then will we hie us to the mart by the Tabard Inn in Southwark and-be pleased to rise, my liege!-he answereth not-what ho, my liege!-of a truth must I profane his sacred person with a touch, sith his slumber is deaf to speech. What!"
expedition - Expedition
mart - Handelszentrum
answereth - antwortet
profane - weltlich; profan
deaf - taub, gehörlos, die gehörlos
He threw back the covers-the boy was gone!
threw - geworfen; Wurf; werfen (du wirfst, er wirft), ich/er/sie würfe
covers - Abdeckungen; Deckel, Abdeckung, Deckung, Versteck
He stared about him in speechless astonishment for a moment; noticed for the first time that his ward’s ragged raiment was also missing; then he began to rage and storm and shout for the innkeeper. At that moment a servant entered with the breakfast.
speechless - sprachlos, fassungslos, stumm
astonishment - Staunen, Erstaunen, Verwunderung
innkeeper - Gastwirt, Gastwirtin
"Explain, thou limb of Satan, or thy time is come!" roared the man of war, and made so savage a spring toward the waiter that this latter could not find his tongue, for the instant, for fright and surprise. "Where is the boy?"
limb - Gliedmaßen; Schenkel (geol. Falte), Glied
Satan - Satan, Teufel
war - Krieg; Krieg führen
savage - Wilde; wild, wüst, unbebaut, unbändig, rasend
In disjointed and trembling syllables the man gave the information desired.
disjointed - unzusammenhängend; disjunkt, zertrennen
syllables - Silben; Silbe
"You were hardly gone from the place, your worship, when a youth came running and said it was your worship’s will that the boy come to you straight, at the bridge-end on the Southwark side.
I brought him hither; and when he woke the lad and gave his message, the lad did grumble some little for being disturbed ‘so early,’ as he called it, but straightway trussed on his rags and went with the youth, only saying it had been better manners that your worship came yourself, not sent a stranger-and so-"
grumble - meckern; Gegrummel, Grummeln, Knurren, murren, brummen
trussed - gefesselt; Bruchband
"And so thou’rt a fool!-a fool and easily cozened-hang all thy breed! Yet mayhap no hurt is done. Possibly no harm is meant the boy. I will go fetch him. Make the table ready. Stay! the coverings of the bed were disposed as if one lay beneath them-happened that by accident?"
cozened - geraucht; (arch) Gewölbe, Bogen, Fußrücken
breed - Rasse; aufziehen, erzeugen, züchten, sich paaren, brüten
Possibly - vielleicht, eventuell, möglicherweise, negated: unmöglich
coverings - Abdeckungen; zudeckend
by accident - zufällig, zufälligerweise, durch Zufall
"I know not, good your worship. I saw the youth meddle with them-he that came for the boy."
"Thousand deaths! ’Twas done to deceive me-‘tis plain ‘twas done to gain time. Hark ye! Was that youth alone?"
deaths - Todesfälle; Tod, Exitus, Tod, der Tod, Tod, Untergang
plain - unscheinbar, einfach, vollständige, ehrlich
gain - Gewinn, Zunahme, Verstärkung; erwerben, gewinnen, erlangen
"all alone, your worship."
all alone - allein sein, mutterseelenallein
"Art sure?"
"Sure, your worship."
"Collect thy scattered wits-bethink thee-take time, man."
collect - eintreiben (Schulden), sammeln, einsammeln
bethink - bedenken; besinnen
After a moment’s thought, the servant said-
"When he came, none came with him; but now I remember me that as the two stepped into the throng of the Bridge, a ruffian-looking man plunged out from some near place; and just as he was joining them-"
plunged - stürzte; eintauchen, tauchen
"What then?-out with it!" thundered the impatient Hendon, interrupting.
thundered - gewittert; Donner, Donnern
interrupting - unterbrechen
"Just then the crowd lapped them up and closed them in, and I saw no more, being called by my master, who was in a rage because a joint that the scrivener had ordered was forgot, though I take all the saints to witness that to blame me for that miscarriage were like holding the unborn babe to judgment for sins com-"
joint - Gelenk; gemeinschaftlich, gemeinsam, gemeinsame, gemeinsamer
scrivener - Schreiber
witness - Zeugnis; Zeuge, Zeugin, bezeugen, erman: Zeuge sein
blame - jemadem die Schuld zuweisen
miscarriage - Fehlgeburt
unborn - ungeboren; (unbear); ungeboren
babe - Puppe
"Out of my sight, idiot! Thy prating drives me mad! Hold! Whither art flying? Canst not bide still an instant? Went they toward Southwark?"
idiot - Idiot, Idiotin, Narr, Närrin
prating - schwatzhaft, schwätzend; (prat) schwatzhaft, schwätzend
"Even so, your worship-for, as I said before, as to that detestable joint, the babe unborn is no whit more blameless than-"
detestable - verabscheuungswürdig
more blameless - tadellosere
"Art here yet! And prating still! Vanish, lest I throttle thee!" The servitor vanished. Hendon followed after him, passed him, and plunged down the stairs two steps at a stride, muttering, "‘Tis that scurvy villain that claimed he was his son. I have lost thee, my poor little mad master-it is a bitter thought-and I had come to love thee so! No! by book and bell, not lost! Not lost, for I will ransack the land till I find thee again. Poor child, yonder is his breakfast-and mine, but I have no hunger now; so, let the rats have it-speed, speed!
throttle - erdrosseln, drosseln; abdrosseln
stride - schreiten
villain - Schurke, Gauner, Halunke, Bösewicht, am
ransack - plündern; durchwühlen
yonder - dort drüben
that is the word!" As he wormed his swift way through the noisy multitudes upon the Bridge he several times said to himself-clinging to the thought as if it were a particularly pleasing one-"He grumbled, but he went-he went, yes, because he thought Miles Hendon asked it, sweet lad-he would ne’er have done it for another, I know it well."
wormed - entwurmt; Wurm, elender Wurm
multitudes - Scharen; Vielzahl, Menge, Menschenmenge, Menge, Volk
clinging - anhaftend; anschmiegen
ne - NO Nordost(en)
grumbled - gemeckert; Gegrummel
Chapter XIV. ‘Le Roi est mort-vive le Roi.’
Toward daylight of the same morning, Tom Canty stirred out of a heavy sleep and opened his eyes in the dark. He lay silent a few moments, trying to analyse his confused thoughts and impressions, and get some sort of meaning out of them; then suddenly he burst out in a rapturous but guarded voice-
daylight - Tageslicht; Tag
analyse - analysieren
impressions - Eindrücke; Abdruck, Eindruck, Impression, Werbeeinblendung
rapturous - schwärmerisch
guarded - bewacht; Wächter, Parierstange, Schutz, schützen, bewachen
"I see it all, I see it all! Now God be thanked, I am indeed awake at last! Come, joy! vanish, sorrow! Ho, Nan! Bet! kick off your straw and hie ye hither to my side, till I do pour into your unbelieving ears the wildest madcap dream that ever the spirits of night did conjure up to astonish the soul of man withal! . . . Ho, Nan, I say! Bet!"
kick off - anstoßen
madcap - Tollpatschig; toll, Wildfang, Tollkopf
conjure up - heraufbeschwören
astonish - in Erstaunen versetzen; erstaunen
A dim form appeared at his side, and a voice said-
"Wilt deign to deliver thy commands?"
deign - entwerfen; sich
deliver - erlösen, befreien, gebären, liefern, abliefern
"Commands? . . . O, woe is me, I know thy voice! Speak thou-who am I?"
"Thou? In sooth, yesternight wert thou the Prince of Wales; to-day art thou my most gracious liege, Edward, King of England."
yesternight - gestern Abend
most gracious - gnädigste
Tom buried his head among his pillows, murmuring plaintively-
plaintively - klagend
"Alack, it was no dream! Go to thy rest, sweet sir-leave me to my sorrows."
Tom slept again, and after a time he had this pleasant dream. He thought it was summer, and he was playing, all alone, in the fair meadow called Goodman’s Fields, when a dwarf only a foot high, with long red whiskers and a humped back, appeared to him suddenly and said, "Dig by that stump." He did so, and found twelve bright new pennies-wonderful riches! Yet this was not the best of it; for the dwarf said-
fair - gerecht, fair, heiter, schön, angemessen
meadow - Wiese, Weide, Aue
fields - Felder; Feld
dwarf - Zwerg, Zwergin, Zwergstern
humped - gebuckelt; Hügel, Buckel, Höcker, bumsen
dig - graben; Stoß, Puff, Seitenhieb
stump - Stumpf; Estompe; ratlos sein, verblüfft sein
bright - fröhlich, aufgeweckt, leuchtend, klar, hell
"I know thee. Thou art a good lad, and a deserving; thy distresses shall end, for the day of thy reward is come. Dig here every seventh day, and thou shalt find always the same treasure, twelve bright new pennies. Tell none-keep the secret."
deserving - verdient; (deserve); verdienen
distresses - Nöte; Kummer, Bedrängnis, Drangsal, Bekümmerung, Not, Notlage
seventh - siebte; Septime
treasure - Schatz; schätzen
secret - Geheimnis
Then the dwarf vanished, and Tom flew to Offal Court with his prize, saying to himself, "Every night will I give my father a penny; he will think I begged it, it will glad his heart, and I shall no more be beaten. One penny every week the good priest that teacheth me shall have; mother, Nan, and Bet the other four. We be done with hunger and rags, now, done with fears and frets and savage usage."
penny - Penny
teacheth - lehrt
frets - Bünde; sich grämen, sich sorgen; Ärger; abnutzen (durch Reibung)
In his dream he reached his sordid home all out of breath, but with eyes dancing with grateful enthusiasm; cast four of his pennies into his mother’s lap and cried out-
enthusiasm - Begeisterung, Enthusiasmus, Schwärmerei
"They are for thee!-all of them, every one!-for thee and Nan and Bet-and honestly come by, not begged nor stolen!"
honestly - ehrlich
stolen - gestohlen; stehlen, entwenden, klauen, stehlen, stehlen, rauben
The happy and astonished mother strained him to her breast and exclaimed-
"It waxeth late-may it please your Majesty to rise?"
waxeth - Wachsen
Ah! that was not the answer he was expecting. The dream had snapped asunder-he was awake.
snapped - geschnappt; Knacken
asunder - zerreißen
He opened his eyes-the richly clad First Lord of the Bedchamber was kneeling by his couch. The gladness of the lying dream faded away-the poor boy recognised that he was still a captive and a king. The room was filled with courtiers clothed in purple mantles-the mourning colour-and with noble servants of the monarch. Tom sat up in bed and gazed out from the heavy silken curtains upon this fine company.
bedchamber - Schlafgemach
gladness - Fröhlichkeit, Freude
curtains - Vorhänge; Vorhang, Vorhang
The weighty business of dressing began, and one courtier after another knelt and paid his court and offered to the little King his condolences upon his heavy loss, whilst the dressing proceeded. In the beginning, a shirt was taken up by the Chief Equerry in Waiting, who passed it to the First Lord of the Buckhounds, who passed it to the Second Gentleman of the Bedchamber, who passed it to the Head Ranger of Windsor Forest, who passed it to the Third Groom of the Stole, who passed it to the Chancellor Royal of the Duchy of Lancaster, who passed it to the Master of the Wardrobe, who passed it to Norroy King-at-Arms, who passed it to the Constable of the Tower, who passed it to the Chief Steward of the Household, who passed it to the Hereditary Grand Diaperer, who passed it to the Lord High Admiral of England, who passed it to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who passed it to the First Lord of the Bedchamber, who took what was left of it and put it on Tom.
condolences - Beileidsbekundungen; Beileid, Anteilnahme, Kondolenz
taken up - aufgegriffen
Equerry - Stallmeister; Kammerherr, Kammerfrau, Adjutant
Ranger - Förster, Waldhüter
Duchy - Herzogtum
wardrobe - Garderobe, Kleiderschrank
constable - Schutzmann, Polizist; Herr Wachtmeister
archbishop - Erzbischof
Poor little wondering chap, it reminded him of passing buckets at a fire.
reminded - Erinnert; erinnern, in Erinnerung bringen
buckets - Eimer, ein Eimer voll, Schaufel
Each garment in its turn had to go through this slow and solemn process; consequently Tom grew very weary of the ceremony; so weary that he felt an almost gushing gratefulness when he at last saw his long silken hose begin the journey down the line and knew that the end of the matter was drawing near. But he exulted too soon. The First Lord of the Bedchamber received the hose and was about to encase Tom’s legs in them, when a sudden flush invaded his face and he hurriedly hustled the things back into the hands of the Archbishop of Canterbury with an astounded look and a whispered, "See, my lord!" pointing to a something connected with the hose. The Archbishop paled, then flushed, and passed the hose to the Lord High Admiral, whispering, "See, my lord!" The Admiral passed the hose to the Hereditary Grand Diaperer, and had hardly breath enough in his body to ejaculate, "See, my lord!
process - weiter verarbeiten, verarbeiten, entwickeln; Verfahren
consequently - folglich
weary - müde
gushing - überschwänglich; Schwall, Flut, strömen, herausquellen
gratefulness - Dankbarkeit
exulted - gejubelt; jubeln, jauchzen
encase - eingehüllen
invaded - eindringen, verletzen, überfallen, einmarschieren, einfallen
astounded - verblüfft; verblüffen, überraschen
connected - verbunden; verbinden, anschließen, verbinden
paled - Pfahl, blass; bleich (vor), blass (vor)
ejaculate - ejakulieren; Ejakulat
The hose drifted backward along the line, to the Chief Steward of the Household, the Constable of the Tower, Norroy King-at-Arms, the Master of the Wardrobe, the Chancellor Royal of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Third Groom of the Stole, the Head Ranger of Windsor Forest, the Second Gentleman of the Bedchamber, the First Lord of the Buckhounds,-accompanied always with that amazed and frightened "See! see!"-till they finally reached the hands of the Chief Equerry in Waiting, who gazed a moment, with a pallid face, upon what had caused all this dismay, then hoarsely whispered, "Body of my life, a tag gone from a truss-point!-to the Tower with the Head Keeper of the King’s Hose!"-after which he leaned upon the shoulder of the First Lord of the Buckhounds to regather his vanished strength whilst fresh hose, without any damaged strings to them, were brought.
accompanied - begleitet; begleiten, begleiten, begleiten, begleiten, geleiten
amazed - erstaunt; verwundern
pallid - fahl, bleich, blass
caused - verursacht; Ursache, Anlass, Grund, Sache, verursachen
tag - markieren, kennzeichnen; Anhänger, Kennzeichen, Marke
truss - Bruchband; Fachwerkträger, Fachwerk, Dachstuhl, Dachwerk
leaned - gelehnt; knapp, schlank, hager, mager
regather - wieder sammeln; neu versammeln
fresh - kess (frech), frisch, frech, pampig (ugs.)
strings - Schnur, Zeichenkette, String, Saite, String, auffädeln
After breakfast he was conducted, with regal ceremony, attended by his great officers and his guard of fifty Gentlemen Pensioners bearing gilt battle-axes, to the throne-room, where he proceeded to transact business of state. His ‘uncle,’ Lord Hertford, took his stand by the throne, to assist the royal mind with wise counsel.
officers - Offiziere; Funktionär, Funktionärin, Beamter, Beamtin, Offizier
axes - Äxte; mit der Axt niederschlagen
transact - abwickeln
The body of illustrious men named by the late King as his executors appeared, to ask Tom’s approval of certain acts of theirs-rather a form, and yet not wholly a form, since there was no Protector as yet. The Archbishop of Canterbury made report of the decree of the Council of Executors concerning the obsequies of his late most illustrious Majesty, and finished by reading the signatures of the Executors, to wit: the Archbishop of Canterbury; the Lord Chancellor of England; William Lord St.
executors - Testamentsvollstrecker, Testamentsvollstreckerin
approval - Genehmigung, Billigung, Erlaubnis, Zustimmung
acts - Handlungen; Handlung, Tat, Akt, Gesetz
protector - Beschützer
as yet - bislang, bis jetzt
decree - Erlass, Dekret, Verordnung, Verfügung, Beschluss
obsequies - Trauerfeiern; Trauerfeier
signatures - Unterschriften; Unterschrift, Signatur
John; John Lord Russell; Edward Earl of Hertford; John Viscount Lisle; Cuthbert Bishop of Durham-
Viscount - Vicomte
Tom was not listening-an earlier clause of the document was puzzling him. At this point he turned and whispered to Lord Hertford-
clause - Nebensatz; Teilsatz; Klausel
document - Unterlagen, Dokument, Aktenstück, Schriftstück, dokumentieren
puzzling - verwirrend, rätselhaft; (puzzle); Rätsel; Puzzle, Geduldspiel
"What day did he say the burial hath been appointed for?"
burial - Beerdigung; Begräbnis
appointed - ernannt; bestimmen, festlegen, ausstatten, ausrüsten, festlegen
"The sixteenth of the coming month, my liege."
"‘Tis a strange folly. Will he keep?"
Poor chap, he was still new to the customs of royalty; he was used to seeing the forlorn dead of Offal Court hustled out of the way with a very different sort of expedition. However, the Lord Hertford set his mind at rest with a word or two.
A secretary of state presented an order of the Council appointing the morrow at eleven for the reception of the foreign ambassadors, and desired the King’s assent.
secretary - Sekretär, Sekretärin, Staatssekretär, Schreibsekretär
reception - Aufnahme, Empfang, Rezeption, checkAufnahme
ambassadors - Botschafterinnen und Botschafter; Botschafter, Botschafter
Tom turned an inquiring look toward Hertford, who whispered-
"Your Majesty will signify consent. They come to testify their royal masters’ sense of the heavy calamity which hath visited your Grace and the realm of England."
signify - bedeuten
consent - zustimmen, einwilligen, Zustimmung, Konsens, Einverständnis
testify - bezeugen
masters - Haupt.., Grund, Meister, führend, leitend; bewältigen, meistern
sense - Sinn; Gefühl, Verstand, Bedeutung, wahrnehmen, empfinden
calamity - Verhängnis; Unheil, Kalamität
Tom did as he was bidden. Another secretary began to read a preamble concerning the expenses of the late King’s household, which had amounted to 28,000 pounds during the preceding six months-a sum so vast that it made Tom Canty gasp; he gasped again when the fact appeared that 20,000 pounds of this money was still owing and unpaid; {4} and once more when it appeared that the King’s coffers were about empty, and his twelve hundred servants much embarrassed for lack of the wages due them.
bidden - verboten; Angebot, reizen, Gebot, Bieten, bieten
preamble - Präambel
expenses - Ausgaben; Ausgabe, Aufwand, Verlust
amounted to - betrug
preceding - vorangegangen; vorangehen, vorausgehen
sum - Betrag, Summe, Geldbetrag
gasped - keuchte; keuchen, japsen, prusten, keuchen, Atemzug, Luftholen
owing - geschuldet; schulden, schuldig sein, schulden, schuldig sein
coffers - Schatzkammern; Kassette, Geldkassette, Tresor, Schatztruhe
wages - Löhne; führen
Tom spoke out, with lively apprehension-
apprehension - Befürchtungen; Greifen, Ergreifen, Fassen, Anfassen
"We be going to the dogs, ‘tis plain. ’Tis meet and necessary that we take a smaller house and set the servants at large, sith they be of no value but to make delay, and trouble one with offices that harass the spirit and shame the soul, they misbecoming any but a doll, that hath nor brains nor hands to help itself withal. I remember me of a small house that standeth over against the fish-market, by Billingsgate-"
necessary - nötig, notwendig, erforderlich, zwangsläufig, geboten
value - Wert, Wichtigkeit, Notenwert, Tonwert, Werte, schätzen
harass - belästigen; quälen, verfolgen
brains - Gehirne; Gehirn
small house - Häuschen
A sharp pressure upon Tom’s arm stopped his foolish tongue and sent a blush to his face; but no countenance there betrayed any sign that this strange speech had been remarked or given concern.
pressure - Druck; unter Druck setzen
remarked - bemerkt; bemerken; Anmerkung, Bemerkung
The dull work went tediously on. Petitions were read, and proclamations, patents, and all manner of wordy, repetitious, and wearisome papers relating to the public business; and at last Tom sighed pathetically and murmured to himself, "In what have I offended, that the good God should take me away from the fields and the free air and the sunshine, to shut me up here and make me a king and afflict me so?
tediously - ermüdend, langweilige
petitions - Petitionen; Petition, Eingabe, Petition, Petition
proclamations - Proklamationen; Proklamation
patents - Patente; Patent
wordy - langatmig, weitschweifig, wortreich
repetitious - wiederholend
wearisome - ermüdend, langweilig, lästig
relating - in Bezug auf; sich beziehen, erzählen, berichten
public - öffentlich; Publikum, Öffentlichkeit
sighed - geseufzt; Seufzen, Seufzer, Säuseln (Wind); säuseln (Wind)
pathetically - erbärmlich
sunshine - Sonnenschein
afflict - plagen; bekümmern
Then his poor muddled head nodded a while and presently drooped to his shoulder; and the business of the empire came to a standstill for want of that august factor, the ratifying power. Silence ensued around the slumbering child, and the sages of the realm ceased from their deliberations.
muddled - verwirrt; verwirren, Wirrwarr
nodded - abgenickt; nicken, einnicken, Kopfnicken
drooped - gesunken; durchhängen, herabhängen, herunterhängen, herabsinken
Empire - Reich, Imperium, Kaiserreich, Kaisertum, Weltreich
standstill - Stillstand
factor - Faktor
ratifying - Ratifizierung; bestätigen, ratifizieren
ensued - folgten; folgen, ansetzen, erfolgen, nachfolgen, resultieren
sages - Weisen; weise, klug, Weise
deliberations - Überlegungen; Abwägung, Abwägung
During the forenoon, Tom had an enjoyable hour, by permission of his keepers, Hertford and St. John, with the Lady Elizabeth and the little Lady Jane Grey; though the spirits of the princesses were rather subdued by the mighty stroke that had fallen upon the royal house; and at the end of the visit his ‘elder sister’-afterwards the ‘Bloody Mary’ of history-chilled him with a solemn interview which had but one merit in his eyes, its brevity. He had a few moments to himself, and then a slim lad of about twelve years of age was admitted to his presence, whose clothing, except his snowy ruff and the laces about his wrists, was of black,-doublet, hose, and all.
forenoon - am Vormittag; Vormittag
enjoyable - genießbar
princesses - Prinzessinnen; (prince) Fürst, Prinz, Königssohn
subdued - gedämpft; unter Kontrolle bringen, unterwerfen, unterwerfen
stroke - Schlaganfall; streicheln; Stoß, Schlag, Streich, Hub
royal house - Königshaus
bloody - blutig, blutbefleckt
chilled - gekühlt; Mutlosigkeit, Frostgefühl
brevity - Kürze; Bündigkeit, Knappheit
slim - schlank, schmal, dünn
admitted - zugelassen; einlassen, zulassen, zugeben, eingestehen, erlauben
snowy - verschneit; Schnee
laces - Schnürsenkel; schnüren, Spitze (Gewebe)
wrists - Handgelenke; Handgelenk
He bore no badge of mourning but a knot of purple ribbon on his shoulder. He advanced hesitatingly, with head bowed and bare, and dropped upon one knee in front of Tom. Tom sat still and contemplated him soberly a moment. Then he said-
badge - Ausweis; Abzeichen
knot - Knoten, Knäuel
ribbon - Band; Farbband
advanced - fortgeschritten; erhöhen, erheben, befördern, vorrücken
hesitatingly - zögernd
soberly - nüchtern
"Rise, lad. Who art thou. What wouldst have?"
The boy rose, and stood at graceful ease, but with an aspect of concern in his face. He said-
graceful - anmutig, ansprechend, elegant, graziös
"Of a surety thou must remember me, my lord. I am thy whipping-boy."
surety - Bürgschaft; Bürge
whipping - (whip) auspeitschen, flitzen, peitschen; (whip); Peitsche
"My whipping-boy?"
"The same, your Grace. I am Humphrey-Humphrey Marlow."
Tom perceived that here was someone whom his keepers ought to have posted him about. The situation was delicate. What should he do?-pretend he knew this lad, and then betray by his every utterance that he had never heard of him before? No, that would not do. An idea came to his relief: accidents like this might be likely to happen with some frequency, now that business urgencies would often call Hertford and St.
pretend - vorgeben, prätendieren, vortäuschen, so tun, als ob
accidents - Unfälle; Unfall, Zufall, Unfall, Unfall, Unfall
Likely - gleicht, ähnlich, wahrscheinlich, voraussichtlich
frequency - Häufigkeit, Frequenz, Regelmäßigkeit
urgencies - Dringlichkeiten; Dringlichkeit
John from his side, they being members of the Council of Executors; therefore perhaps it would be well to strike out a plan himself to meet the requirements of such emergencies. Yes, that would be a wise course-he would practise on this boy, and see what sort of success he might achieve. So he stroked his brow perplexedly a moment or two, and presently said-
Perhaps - vielleicht, wohl
strike out - durchstreichen, ausholen, ausstreichen
requirements - Anforderungen; Anforderung, Anforderung, Anforderung
emergencies - Notfälle; Notfall, Notlage, Notstand, Notdienst, Notaufnahme
practise on - missbrauchen, (Schwäche) ausnutzen
achieve - erreichen, realisieren, schaffen, erlangen
brow - Stirn; Braue, Augenbraue
perplexedly - verblüfft
"Now I seem to remember thee somewhat-but my wit is clogged and dim with suffering-"
clogged - verstopft; Holzschuh, Holzpantoffel, Pantine, hemmen
"Alack, my poor master!" ejaculated the whipping-boy, with feeling; adding, to himself, "In truth ‘tis as they said-his mind is gone-alas, poor soul! But misfortune catch me, how am I forgetting! They said one must not seem to observe that aught is wrong with him."
ejaculated - ejakuliert; ejakulieren, ejakulieren, Ejakulat
misfortune - Pech, Ungemach, Unglück, Unfall, Unheil
"‘Tis strange how my memory doth wanton with me these days," said Tom. "But mind it not-I mend apace-a little clue doth often serve to bring me back again the things and names which had escaped me. (And not they, only, forsooth, but e’en such as I ne’er heard before-as this lad shall see.) Give thy business speech."
wanton - mutwillig; wild, unkontrolliert, unbeherrscht, unberechenbar
mend - reparieren, flicken
apace - schnell; rasch
clue - Anhaltspunkt, Hinweis, Faden, Indiz, informieren, unterrichten
"‘Tis matter of small weight, my liege, yet will I touch upon it, an’ it please your Grace. Two days gone by, when your Majesty faulted thrice in your Greek-in the morning lessons,-dost remember it?"
weight - Gewicht; beschweren, gewichten
gone by - (go by) vorübergehen, vergehen
faulted - gestört; Fehler, Schuld, Fehler, Charakterschwäche, Verfehlung
thrice - dreimal
"Y-e-s-methinks I do. (It is not much of a lie-an’ I had meddled with the Greek at all, I had not faulted simply thrice, but forty times.) Yes, I do recall it, now-go on."
meddled - eingemischt; einmischen
Simply - einfach
"The master, being wroth with what he termed such slovenly and doltish work, did promise that he would soundly whip me for it-and-"
wroth - erzürnt, zornig
termed - bezeichnet; Termin, Semester, Begriff; Spielzeit
slovenly - schluderig, nachlässig, schlampig
doltish - tölpelhaft
whip - Peitsche, Knute, Zagel, peitschen, auspeitschen
"Whip thee!" said Tom, astonished out of his presence of mind. "Why should he whip thee for faults of mine?"
"Ah, your Grace forgetteth again. He always scourgeth me when thou dost fail in thy lessons."
forgetteth - vergisst
scourgeth - geißelt
fail - mangelhaft (Zensur 5), ungenügend (Zensur 6);jdn. im Stich lassen;fehlschlagen, scheitern, misslingen, versagen
"True, true-I had forgot. Thou teachest me in private-then if I fail, he argueth that thy office was lamely done, and-"
teachest - unterrichten
fail - mangelhaft (Zensur 5)
argueth - argumentiert
"Oh, my liege, what words are these? I, the humblest of thy servants, presume to teach thee?"
humblest - am bescheidensten; demütig, ergeben
presume - annehmen, mutmaßen, vermuten
"Then where is thy blame? What riddle is this? Am I in truth gone mad, or is it thou? Explain-speak out."
riddle - Rätsel
"But, good your Majesty, there’s nought that needeth simplifying.-None may visit the sacred person of the Prince of Wales with blows; wherefore, when he faulteth, ‘tis I that take them; and meet it is and right, for that it is mine office and my livelihood." {1}
simplifying - vereinfachen, sich vereinfachen, einfacher werden
blows - Schläge; (to blow) blasen, wehen
faulteth - verschulden
livelihood - Lebensunterhalt, Lebensgrundlage, Auskommen, Existenzgrundlage
Tom stared at the tranquil boy, observing to himself, "Lo, it is a wonderful thing,-a most strange and curious trade; I marvel they have not hired a boy to take my combings and my dressings for me-would heaven they would!-an’ they will do this thing, I will take my lashings in mine own person, giving God thanks for the change." Then he said aloud-
tranquil - ruhig, gelassen
most strange - merkwürdigste
trade - handeln (mit), eintauschen, schachern mit etwas;Handel , Handwerk , Geschäft , Trade;gewerblich {adj};eintauschen (für)
hired - angestellt; leihen, Entgelt, anstellen, mieten; dingen
combings - kämmend
dressings - Verbände; Dressing
lashings - Peitschenhiebe; Tauwerk, peitschend, Geißelung
aloud - laut
"And hast thou been beaten, poor friend, according to the promise?"
"No, good your Majesty, my punishment was appointed for this day, and peradventure it may be annulled, as unbefitting the season of mourning that is come upon us; I know not, and so have made bold to come hither and remind your Grace about your gracious promise to intercede in my behalf-"
annulled - annulliert; annullieren, annullieren
unbefitting - unpassend
remind - erinnern, in Erinnerung bringen
intercede - bitten, verwenden, eingreifen, intervenieren
"With the master? To save thee thy whipping?"
"Ah, thou dost remember!"
"My memory mendeth, thou seest. Set thy mind at ease-thy back shall go unscathed-I will see to it."
mendeth - heilen
unscathed - unversehrt
see to - sorgen für, besorgen, erledigen, sehen nach
"Oh, thanks, my good lord!" cried the boy, dropping upon his knee again. "Mayhap I have ventured far enow; and yet-"
dropping - Fallenlassen; Kot; (drop) Fallenlassen; Kot
Seeing Master Humphrey hesitate, Tom encouraged him to go on, saying he was "in the granting mood."
hesitate - zögern, stammeln
encouraged - ermutigt; ermutigen, ermuntern, empfehlen
granting - Gewährung; gewähren, erteilen, bewilligen
mood - Anwandlung, Stimmung, launisch
"Then will I speak it out, for it lieth near my heart. Sith thou art no more Prince of Wales but King, thou canst order matters as thou wilt, with none to say thee nay; wherefore it is not in reason that thou wilt longer vex thyself with dreary studies, but wilt burn thy books and turn thy mind to things less irksome. Then am I ruined, and mine orphan sisters with me!"
vex - ärgern, verärgern, reizen, irritieren, beunruhigen
irksome - lästig; belastend, verdrießlich, ermüdend
orphan - Waisenkind; Waise
"Ruined? Prithee how?"
"My back is my bread, O my gracious liege! if it go idle, I starve. An’ thou cease from study mine office is gone thou’lt need no whipping-boy. Do not turn me away!"
idle - träge, nicht in Betrieb, faul, nutzlos, untätig; faulenzen
starve - verhungern, Hungers sterben, verhungern lassen, aushungern
Tom was touched with this pathetic distress. He said, with a right royal burst of generosity-
generosity - Großzügigkeit, Generosität, Großmut, Freizügigkeit, Edelmut
"Discomfort thyself no further, lad. Thine office shall be permanent in thee and thy line for ever." Then he struck the boy a light blow on the shoulder with the flat of his sword, exclaiming, "Rise, Humphrey Marlow, Hereditary Grand Whipping-Boy to the Royal House of England!
discomfort - Unbehagen
Banish sorrow-I will betake me to my books again, and study so ill that they must in justice treble thy wage, so mightily shall the business of thine office be augmented."
betake - aufgeben; begeben sich
justice - Gerechtigkeit, Genugtuung, Justiz
treble - verdreifachen; Stäbchen (beim Häkeln), dreifach
wage - Lohn; führen
augmented - vergrößert; vergrößern, erhöhen, vermehren, wachsen, zunehmen
The grateful Humphrey responded fervidly-
fervidly - inbrünstig; feurige
"Thanks, O most noble master, this princely lavishness doth far surpass my most distempered dreams of fortune. Now shall I be happy all my days, and all the house of Marlow after me."
lavishness - Üppigkeit; Verschwendung
surpass - übersteigen, übertreffen, überschreiten, überbieten
distempered - unzufrieden; Staupe
Tom had wit enough to perceive that here was a lad who could be useful to him. He encouraged Humphrey to talk, and he was nothing loath. He was delighted to believe that he was helping in Tom’s ‘cure’; for always, as soon as he had finished calling back to Tom’s diseased mind the various particulars of his experiences and adventures in the royal school-room and elsewhere about the palace, he noticed that Tom was then able to ‘recall’ the circumstances quite clearly.
loath - verabscheuen; abgeneigt
calling back - zurückberufend
various - verschiedene
particulars - Einzelheiten; speziell, bestimmt, spezifisch, genau, einzeln
adventures - Abenteuern; Abenteuer
circumstances - Umstände; Umstand, Umstand
At the end of an hour Tom found himself well freighted with very valuable information concerning personages and matters pertaining to the Court; so he resolved to draw instruction from this source daily; and to this end he would give order to admit Humphrey to the royal closet whenever he might come, provided the Majesty of England was not engaged with other people. Humphrey had hardly been dismissed when my Lord Hertford arrived with more trouble for Tom.
valuable - wertvoll; Wertgegenstand, Wertsache
personages - Persönlichkeiten; Persönlichkeit
pertaining - zugehörig; gehören, verbunden, betreffen, sich beziehen auf
instruction - Unterricht; Anweisung; Assemblerbefehl
source - Quelle, Ursprung, belegen, beziehen
provided - zur Verfügung gestellt; sorgen, den Unterhalt sichern, besorgen
engaged - verlobt; beschäftigen, anstellen, angreifen, anlegen, einrasten
dismissed - entlassen, entlassen, abweisen, einstellen, zurückweisen
Then the Earl proceeded, very delicately, to instruct Tom as to the observances proper to the stately occasion, under the rather thin disguise of ‘reminding’ him concerning things already known to him; but to his vast gratification it turned out that Tom needed very little help in this line-he had been making use of Humphrey in that direction, for Humphrey had mentioned that within a few days he was to begin to dine in public; having gathered it from the swift-winged gossip of the Court.
delicately - zart
proper - richtig, passend, angemessen, eigentlich, Eigenname
Occasion - Gelegenheit; Anlass
disguise - Verkleidung; Tarnung; verstellen
reminding - erinnern, in Erinnerung bringen
dine - speisen
winged - geflügelt; Flügel, t+Schwinge, Flügel, Flügel, t+Gebäudeflügel
gossip - Klatsch und Tratsch; Tratsche, Tratschtante, Klatschtante
Tom kept these facts to himself, however.
Seeing the royal memory so improved, the Earl ventured to apply a few tests to it, in an apparently casual way, to find out how far its amendment had progressed. The results were happy, here and there, in spots-spots where Humphrey’s tracks remained-and on the whole my lord was greatly pleased and encouraged. So encouraged was he, indeed, that he spoke up and said in a quite hopeful voice-
apply - gelten; zutreffen, auflegen, anwenden, anlegen
casual - lässig; zufällig, beiläufig, gelegentlich, gleichgültig
amendment - Änderung, Gesetzesänderung, Novelle, Abänderung, Nachbesserung
progressed - fortgeschritten; fortschreiten, Fortschritte machen
spots - Flecken; Fleck, Punkt, Fleck, Pickel, Pustel, Bisschen
tracks - Spuren; Spur, Fußspur, Fußsohle, Trampelpfad, Bahn, Bahn
hopeful - hoffnungsvoll
"Now am I persuaded that if your Majesty will but tax your memory yet a little further, it will resolve the puzzle of the Great Seal-a loss which was of moment yesterday, although of none to-day, since its term of service ended with our late lord’s life. May it please your Grace to make the trial?"
persuaded - überredet; überreden, gewinnen, verführen, bestechen
tax - strapazieren, besteuern; Steuer (auf); Abgabe, Steuer, Gebühr
resolve - auflösen, beschließen
puzzle - Rätsel; Puzzle, Geduldspiel, Geduldsspiel
term - Termin, Semester, Begriff; Spielzeit, Saison; Amtszeit
Tom was at sea-a Great Seal was something which he was totally unacquainted with. After a moment’s hesitation he looked up innocently and asked-
totally - total; vollständig, komplett, völlig, absolut
unacquainted - Unbekannt
hesitation - Zögern
innocently - unschuldig
"What was it like, my lord?"
The Earl started, almost imperceptibly, muttering to himself, "Alack, his wits are flown again!-it was ill wisdom to lead him on to strain them"-then he deftly turned the talk to other matters, with the purpose of sweeping the unlucky seal out of Tom’s thoughts-a purpose which easily succeeded.
imperceptibly - unmerklich
lead - führen, anführen, leiten;aus Blei;Aufmacher ;Anschlussdraht , Blei , Führung
sweeping - erman:; Fegen, Kehren; (sweep); fegen, kehren, rauschen
unlucky - Pech gehabt; unglücklich; unglückbringend; ''usually expressed verbally:'' es bringen
The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them. The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses-wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
throned - thronte; Thron
scene - Szene
audience - Publikum, Zuschauer, Audienzen, Audienz
sickness - Krankheit; Übelkeit
Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success. He looked sufficiently like a king, but he was ill able to feel like one. He was cordially glad when the ceremony was ended.
satisfactorily - zufriedenstellend
at ease - ungezwungen
tolerable - erträglich
cordially - herzlich
The third day of Tom Canty’s kingship came and went much as the others had done, but there was a lifting of his cloud in one way-he felt less uncomfortable than at first; he was getting a little used to his circumstances and surroundings; his chains still galled, but not all the time; he found that the presence and homage of the great afflicted and embarrassed him less and less sharply with every hour that drifted over his head.
kingship - das Königtum; Königschaft
cloud - Wolke; verschleiern
uncomfortable - unangenehm; unbequem, ungemütlich, unbehaglich
galled - verärgert; Wach auf!; Mädel
afflicted - behaftet; bekümmern
Still, nothing could stop that fourth day, and so it came. It found poor Tom low-spirited and absent-minded, and this mood continued; he could not shake it off. The ordinary duties of the morning dragged upon his hands, and wearied him. Once more he felt the sense of captivity heavy upon him.
spirited - temperamentvoll; Geist, Seele, Geist, Stimmung, Schnaps
absent - (absent-minded) abwesend, geistesabwesend, unaufmerksam
ordinary - Heroldsbild; gewöhnlich, normal
duties - Pflichten; Pflicht, Schicht, Arbeitszeit, Zoll, Einfuhrsteuer
Late in the forenoon he was in a large audience-chamber, conversing with the Earl of Hertford and dully awaiting the striking of the hour appointed for a visit of ceremony from a considerable number of great officials and courtiers.
conversing - unterhalten; Umkehrung, umgekehrt, Gegenteil
dully - stumpfsinnige, dumm
awaiting - erwarten, harren, warten
striking - auffällig; (strike); streichen; schlagen; prägen; streiken; scheinen; die Fahne streichen; Strike; Streik; Schlag
considerable - erheblich, beträchtlich, beachtlich
officials - offiziell, offiziell, amtlich, dienstlich, Beamter, Beamtin
After a little while, Tom, who had wandered to a window and become interested in the life and movement of the great highway beyond the palace gates-and not idly interested, but longing with all his heart to take part in person in its stir and freedom-saw the van of a hooting and shouting mob of disorderly men, women, and children of the lowest and poorest degree approaching from up the road.
highway - Autobahn; Hauptstraße, Chaussee
idly - untätig, träge
take part - mitreden;mitmachen (bei)
freedom - Freiheit
van - Lieferwagen; Van
disorderly - unordentlich
lowest - niedrigsten; Lowe
approaching - sich nähern, nahekommen, ähnlich sein
"I would I knew what ‘tis about!" he exclaimed, with all a boy’s curiosity in such happenings.
curiosity - Neugier, Neugierde, Kuriosität, Kuriosum
happenings - Geschehnisse; Ereignis, stattfindend, geschehend
"Thou art the King!" solemnly responded the Earl, with a reverence. "Have I your Grace’s leave to act?"
"O blithely, yes! O gladly, yes!" exclaimed Tom excitedly, adding to himself with a lively sense of satisfaction, "In truth, being a king is not all dreariness-it hath its compensations and conveniences."
blithely - fröhlich; ungerührt, unbekümmert
excitedly - aufgeregt
satisfaction - Befriedigung; Zufriedenheit; Satisfaktion, Genugtuung
dreariness - Trostlosigkeit, Öde, Tristesse, Langweiligkeit
compensations - Entschädigungen; Abfindung, Kompensation, Kompensation
conveniences - Annehmlichkeiten; Bequemlichkeit, Annehmlichkeit, Bequemlichkeit
The Earl called a page, and sent him to the captain of the guard with the order-
captain - Stabshauptmann, Kapitän zur See, Kapitän, Flugkapitän
"Let the mob be halted, and inquiry made concerning the occasion of its movement. By the King’s command!"
halted - angehalten; unterbrechen, halten; Halt
inquiry - Anfrage, Erkundigung, Abfrage, Untersuchung, Erforschung
A few seconds later a long rank of the royal guards, cased in flashing steel, filed out at the gates and formed across the highway in front of the multitude. A messenger returned, to report that the crowd were following a man, a woman, and a young girl to execution for crimes committed against the peace and dignity of the realm.
cased - verpackt; Gehäuse, Prozess, Kiste, Fach
filed - eingereicht; Kartei, File, Aktenmappe
execution - Ausführung; Hinrichtung
committed - verpflichtet; einweisen, einliefern, begehen, verbrechen
Death-and a violent death-for these poor unfortunates! The thought wrung Tom’s heart-strings. The spirit of compassion took control of him, to the exclusion of all other considerations; he never thought of the offended laws, or of the grief or loss which these three criminals had inflicted upon their victims; he could think of nothing but the scaffold and the grisly fate hanging over the heads of the condemned.
violent - heftig, gewaltig, brutal, gewalttätig, gewaltbereit, grell
unfortunates - unglücklich, unglückselig, unglücklich, unglückselig
wrung - gewrungen; abbringen, erzwingen
control - steuern, kontrollieren, regeln, Kontrolle, Kontrollen, Regelung
exclusion - Exklusion, Ausgrenzung, Ausschluss
considerations - Überlegungen; Erwägung, Überlegung, Überlegung, Rücksicht
criminals - kriminell, kriminell, kriminell, Krimineller, Kriminelle
inflicted - auferlegt; zufügen, de
scaffold - Gerüst, Baugerüst, Schafott, einrüsten
grisly - grässliche, grässlich
hanging over - überhängend
condemned - Verurteilt; verurteilen, verurteilen, verdammen, verurteilen
His concern made him even forget, for the moment, that he was but the false shadow of a king, not the substance; and before he knew it he had blurted out the command-
substance - Substanz, Stoff
blurted out - herausgeplatzt
"Bring them here!"
Then he blushed scarlet, and a sort of apology sprung to his lips; but observing that his order had wrought no sort of surprise in the Earl or the waiting page, he suppressed the words he was about to utter. The page, in the most matter-of-course way, made a profound obeisance and retired backwards out of the room to deliver the command. Tom experienced a glow of pride and a renewed sense of the compensating advantages of the kingly office.
apology - Entschuldigung; Apologie
backwards - zurück, nach hinten, rückwärts, rückwärts, zögerlich, gehemmt
experienced - Erlebnis
renewed - erneuert; erneuern, erneuern
compensating - kompensieren, ausgleichen, eine Kompensation zahlen
advantages - Vorteile; Vorteil, Vorteil, Vorzug, Vorteil
He said to himself, "Truly it is like what I was used to feel when I read the old priest’s tales, and did imagine mine own self a prince, giving law and command to all, saying ‘Do this, do that,’ whilst none durst offer let or hindrance to my will."
durst - sich getrauen, wagen, jemanden herausfordern
Now the doors swung open; one high-sounding title after another was announced, the personages owning them followed, and the place was quickly half-filled with noble folk and finery. But Tom was hardly conscious of the presence of these people, so wrought up was he and so intensely absorbed in that other and more interesting matter.
intensely - intensiv
absorbed in - vertieft in
He seated himself absently in his chair of state, and turned his eyes upon the door with manifestations of impatient expectancy; seeing which, the company forbore to trouble him, and fell to chatting a mixture of public business and court gossip one with another.
absently - abwesend, in Abwesenheit
manifestations - Manifestationen; Manifestation, Erscheinung
forbore - verbieten; Vorfahr
chatting - Chatten; Unterhaltung, Plausch, Schwatz; sich unterhalten
mixture - Mischung
In a little while the measured tread of military men was heard approaching, and the culprits entered the presence in charge of an under-sheriff and escorted by a detail of the king’s guard. The civil officer knelt before Tom, then stood aside; the three doomed persons knelt, also, and remained so; the guard took position behind Tom’s chair. Tom scanned the prisoners curiously. Something about the dress or appearance of the man had stirred a vague memory in him. "Methinks I have seen this man ere now . . . but the when or the where fail me."-Such was Tom’s thought. Just then the man glanced quickly up and quickly dropped his face again, not being able to endure the awful port of sovereignty; but the one full glimpse of the face which Tom got was sufficient.
tread - Lauffläche; (to tread) betreten, schreiten
culprits - Beschuldigter, Missetäter, Schuldiger, Täter, Übeltäter
sheriff - Sheriff
escorted - Eskortiert; Eskorte, Geleit
civil - zivil, bürgerlich, zivilisiert
doomed - dem Untergang geweiht; Bann, Urteil
scanned - gescannt; scannen, abtasten, einscannen, skandieren, Abtastung
prisoners - Gefangener, Gefangene, Häftling, Strafgefangener, Gefangener
appearance - Erscheinen, Auftritt, Aussehen
endure - ertragen, aushalten, dulden, von Bestand sein
sovereignty - Souveränität, Hoheit, Eigenständigkeit, Landeshoheit
He said to himself: "Now is the matter clear; this is the stranger that plucked Giles Witt out of the Thames, and saved his life, that windy, bitter, first day of the New Year-a brave good deed-pity he hath been doing baser ones and got himself in this sad case . . . I have not forgot the day, neither the hour; by reason that an hour after, upon the stroke of eleven, I did get a hiding by the hand of Gammer Canty which was of so goodly and admired severity that all that went before or followed after it were but fondlings and caresses by comparison."
plucked - gerupft; pflücken, abrupfen, zupfen, schlagen, rupfen, ausrupfen
Giles - Gil
windy - windig
deed - Tat, Akt, Werk, Urkunde, urkundlich übertragen; (dee); Tat, Akt
baser - Grundzahl, Unterlage, Basis, Grund; Bettrost
hiding - (to hide) verstecken, verbergen
severity - Schweregrad; Härte, Stärke, Gewichtung
fondlings - Streicheleinheiten
caresses - Liebkosungen; Liebkosung, Umarmung, Streicheln
by comparison - im Vergleich
Tom now ordered that the woman and the girl be removed from the presence for a little time; then addressed himself to the under-sheriff, saying-
"Good sir, what is this man’s offence?"
The officer knelt, and answered-
"So please your Majesty, he hath taken the life of a subject by poison."
poison - Gift, Giftstoff, vergiften
Tom’s compassion for the prisoner, and admiration of him as the daring rescuer of a drowning boy, experienced a most damaging shock.
daring - gewagt; mutig; Wagemut, Kühnheit; (dare) gewagt; mutig; Wagemut
rescuer - Retter, Retterin
drowning - Ertrinken; (drown); ertrinken; ertränken; überwältigen
damaging - schädlich; Schaden, Schaden, beschädigen
shock - Schock, Betroffenheit, Empörung, Schlag, Stoß
"The thing was proven upon him?" he asked.
proven - bewiesen, checknachgewiesen; (prove); bewiesen
"Most clearly, sire."
Tom sighed, and said-
"Take him away-he hath earned his death. ’Tis a pity, for he was a brave heart-na-na, I mean he hath the look of it!"
earned - verdient; verdienen, sich einhandeln
The prisoner clasped his hands together with sudden energy, and wrung them despairingly, at the same time appealing imploringly to the ‘King’ in broken and terrified phrases-
despairingly - verzweifelt
appealing - ansprechend; Revision, Wirkung, Anziehungskraft; reizen
imploringly - flehentlich
terrified - verängstigt; erschrecken
"O my lord the King, an’ thou canst pity the lost, have pity upon me! I am innocent-neither hath that wherewith I am charged been more than but lamely proved-yet I speak not of that; the judgment is gone forth against me and may not suffer alteration; yet in mine extremity I beg a boon, for my doom is more than I can bear. A grace, a grace, my lord the King! in thy royal compassion grant my prayer-give commandment that I be hanged!"
wherewith - womit
charged - aufgeladen; Entgelt
proved - er/sie hat/hatte bewiesen, beweisen, erhärten
alteration - Abänderung; Änderung, Veränderung
extremity - Extremität, äußerstes Ende, Äußerste, Extremste
Tom was amazed. This was not the outcome he had looked for.
outcome - Ergebnis, Ausgang
looked for - (look for) suchen, nachsehen
"Odds my life, a strange boon! Was it not the fate intended thee?"
intended - beabsichtigt; gedacht; (intend); beabsichtigen, vorhaben
"O good my liege, not so! It is ordered that I be boiled alive!"
boiled - gekocht; kochen, sieden, ich/er/sie/es siedete, sott; Furunkel
alive - lebendig
The hideous surprise of these words almost made Tom spring from his chair. As soon as he could recover his wits he cried out-
hideous - scheußlich; abscheulich
spring from - herrühren von
recover - wiederfinden, sich erholen, beikommen
"Have thy wish, poor soul! an’ thou had poisoned a hundred men thou shouldst not suffer so miserable a death."
shouldst - sollen
The prisoner bowed his face to the ground and burst into passionate expressions of gratitude-ending with-
passionate - leidenschaftlich
expressions - Ausdrücke; Ausdruck, Redensart, Ausdruck, Miene, Ausdruck
"If ever thou shouldst know misfortune-which God forefend!-may thy goodness to me this day be remembered and requited!"
forefend - vorhersehen; (arch) Gewölbe, Bogen, Fußrücken
requited - requiriert; belohnen, erwidern, vergelten
Tom turned to the Earl of Hertford, and said-
"My lord, is it believable that there was warrant for this man’s ferocious doom?"
believable - glaubwürdig
ferocious - wild, brutal, grausam
"It is the law, your Grace-for poisoners. In Germany coiners be boiled to death in oil-not cast in of a sudden, but by a rope let down into the oil by degrees, and slowly; first the feet, then the legs, then-"
poisoners - Vergifter; Giftmischer, Giftmischerin, Giftmörder, Giftmörderin
Germany - Deutschland
coiners - Münzpräger; Münzer
oil - ölen; Ă–l
rope - Tau, Seil, Strang
let down - niederlassen, herablassen
by degrees - nach und nach
"O prithee no more, my lord, I cannot bear it!" cried Tom, covering his eyes with his hands to shut out the picture. "I beseech your good lordship that order be taken to change this law-oh, let no more poor creatures be visited with its tortures."
tortures - foltert; Folter, Tortur, foltern
The Earl’s face showed profound gratification, for he was a man of merciful and generous impulses-a thing not very common with his class in that fierce age. He said-
impulses - Impulsen; Impuls, Triebkraft, Drang, innerer Antrieb, Kraftstoß
"These your Grace’s noble words have sealed its doom. History will remember it to the honour of your royal house."
The under-sheriff was about to remove his prisoner; Tom gave him a sign to wait; then he said-
"Good sir, I would look into this matter further. The man has said his deed was but lamely proved. Tell me what thou knowest."
"If the King’s grace please, it did appear upon the trial that this man entered into a house in the hamlet of Islington where one lay sick-three witnesses say it was at ten of the clock in the morning, and two say it was some minutes later-the sick man being alone at the time, and sleeping-and presently the man came forth again and went his way. The sick man died within the hour, being torn with spasms and retchings."
appear - erscheinen, auftauchen, auftreten
entered into - (enter into) einspringen
hamlet - Weiler, Dorf, Hamletbarsche
witnesses - Zeugnis
spasms - Krämpfe; Krampf, Muskelkrampf, Spasmus, Anfall, verkrampfen
retchings - Würgereiz
"Did any see the poison given? Was poison found?"
"Marry, no, my liege."
"Then how doth one know there was poison given at all?"
"Please your Majesty, the doctors testified that none die with such symptoms but by poison."
symptoms - Symptome; Symptom
Weighty evidence, this, in that simple age. Tom recognised its formidable nature, and said-
formidable - Beeindruckend; respekteinflößend, furchteinflößend
"The doctor knoweth his trade-belike they were right. The matter hath an ill-look for this poor man."
trade - Handel, Kommerz, Geschäft, Tausch, Facharbeiter, Handwerk
poor man - Armer
"Yet was not this all, your Majesty; there is more and worse. Many testified that a witch, since gone from the village, none know whither, did foretell, and speak it privately in their ears, that the sick man would die by poison-and more, that a stranger would give it-a stranger with brown hair and clothed in a worn and common garb; and surely this prisoner doth answer woundily to the bill. Please your Majesty to give the circumstance that solemn weight which is its due, seeing it was foretold.
witch - Zauberin [f}, Hexe
foretell - vorhersagen
garb - Gewandung; Tracht, Gewand
woundily - verletzend
circumstance - Umstand
foretold - vorausgesagt; vorhersagen
This was an argument of tremendous force in that superstitious day. Tom felt that the thing was settled; if evidence was worth anything, this poor fellow’s guilt was proved. Still he offered the prisoner a chance, saying-
argument - Diskussion, Auseinandersetzung, Beweis
force - Kraft; zwingen, forcieren, erzwingen; Stärke, Macht, Einfluss
superstitious - abergläubisch
guilt - Schuld
"If thou canst say aught in thy behalf, speak."
"Nought that will avail, my King. I am innocent, yet cannot I make it appear. I have no friends, else might I show that I was not in Islington that day; so also might I show that at that hour they name I was above a league away, seeing I was at Wapping Old Stairs; yea more, my King, for I could show, that whilst they say I was taking life, I was saving it. A drowning boy-"
avail - zur Verfügung; ausnutzen; helfen, nützen, Erfolg
League - Liga, Spielklasse, Bund
"Peace! Sheriff, name the day the deed was done!"
"At ten in the morning, or some minutes later, the first day of the New Year, most illustrious-"
"Let the prisoner go free-it is the King’s will!"
Another blush followed this unregal outburst, and he covered his indecorum as well as he could by adding-
unregal - unregelmäßig
outburst - hervorbrechen; Ausbruch
"It enrageth me that a man should be hanged upon such idle, hare-brained evidence!"
Hare - Hase
brained - Gehirne; Gehirn
A low buzz of admiration swept through the assemblage. It was not admiration of the decree that had been delivered by Tom, for the propriety or expediency of pardoning a convicted poisoner was a thing which few there would have felt justified in either admitting or admiring-no, the admiration was for the intelligence and spirit which Tom had displayed. Some of the low-voiced remarks were to this effect-
propriety - Angemessenheit, Richtigkeit, Korrektheit, Ordnungsmäßigkeit
expediency - Zweckmäßigkeit, Zweckdienlichkeit, Opportunität
pardoning - Begnadigung; verzeihend; (pardon); Vergebung, Verzeihung
convicted - verurteilt; verurteilen, Sträfling
poisoner - Giftmischer, Giftmischerin, Giftmörder
justified - gerechtfertigt; rechtfertigen, rechtfertigen, ausrichten
Admitting - einlassen, zulassen, zugeben, eingestehen, erlauben, einweisen
intelligence - Intelligenz, Klugheit, intelligentes Leben
voiced - geäußert; äußern
"This is no mad king-he hath his wits sound."
"How sanely he put his questions-how like his former natural self was this abrupt imperious disposal of the matter!"
sanely - Vernünftig; gesund, zurechnungsfähige
abrupt - abrupt, jäh, schroff, steil
imperious - Herrschsüchtig
disposal - Beseitigung, Entsorgung, Verfügung
"God be thanked, his infirmity is spent! This is no weakling, but a king. He hath borne himself like to his own father."
weakling - Schwächling, Feigling, Weichei
borne - getragen; (to bear) ertragen, aushalten
The air being filled with applause, Tom’s ear necessarily caught a little of it. The effect which this had upon him was to put him greatly at his ease, and also to charge his system with very gratifying sensations.
applause - Applaus, Beifall
necessarily - unbedingt
system - System, Ordnung, Verbund, Akkolade
gratifying - befriedigend; befriedigen, erfreuen
sensations - Empfindungen; Gefühl
However, his juvenile curiosity soon rose superior to these pleasant thoughts and feelings; he was eager to know what sort of deadly mischief the woman and the little girl could have been about; so, by his command, the two terrified and sobbing creatures were brought before him.
juvenile - jugendlich; jung, unreif, kindisch
feelings - Gefühle; Gefühl, Eindruck
eager - eifrig, erwartungsvoll, begierig
mischief - Unfug, Unheil, Querulantentum
sobbing - Schluchzen; (sob); Huso
"What is it that these have done?" he inquired of the sheriff.
inquired - nachgefragt; erkundigen
"Please your Majesty, a black crime is charged upon them, and clearly proven; wherefore the judges have decreed, according to the law, that they be hanged. They sold themselves to the devil-such is their crime."
devil - dem Teufel; Teufel, Satan, Teufelin, reizen, ärgern
Tom shuddered. He had been taught to abhor people who did this wicked thing. Still, he was not going to deny himself the pleasure of feeding his curiosity for all that; so he asked-
shuddered - geschaudert; Schauder, (wohliger) Schauder, schaudern, zittern
abhor - verabscheuen
deny - leugnen, bestreiten, dementieren
feeding - Verfütterung, Speisung, Zuführung; (feed) Verfütterung
"Where was this done?-and when?"
"On a midnight in December, in a ruined church, your Majesty."
Tom shuddered again.
"Who was there present?"
"Only these two, your grace-and that other."
"Have these confessed?"
confessed - gestanden; gestehen, bekennen, verraten, beichten
"Nay, not so, sire-they do deny it."
"Then prithee, how was it known?"
"Certain witness did see them wending thither, good your Majesty; this bred the suspicion, and dire effects have since confirmed and justified it. In particular, it is in evidence that through the wicked power so obtained, they did invoke and bring about a storm that wasted all the region round about. Above forty witnesses have proved the storm; and sooth one might have had a thousand, for all had reason to remember it, sith all had suffered by it.
wending - folgen, verfolgen
suspicion - Verdacht, Argwohn, Verdächtigung
dire - schrecklich; düster, böse, fatal, verzweifelt, händeringend
effects - Auswirkungen; Auswirkung, Wirkung, Eindruck, Effekt, Effekt
particular - besonders; speziell, bestimmt, spezifisch, genau
obtained - erlangen, erhalten, bestehen
invoke - anrufen; sich berühmen; aufrufen
bring about - zu Stande bringen, zustande [alt] bringen
wasted - verschwendet; (be) sich befinden, er/sie ist/war gewesen, lauten
"Certes this is a serious matter." Tom turned this dark piece of scoundrelism over in his mind a while, then asked-
scoundrelism - Schurkentum
"Suffered the woman also by the storm?"
Several old heads among the assemblage nodded their recognition of the wisdom of this question. The sheriff, however, saw nothing consequential in the inquiry; he answered, with simple directness-
recognition - Erkennen, Wiedererkennen, Erkennung, Anerkennung
consequential - folgenreich
directness - Unmittelbarkeit, Direktheit
"Indeed did she, your Majesty, and most righteously, as all aver. Her habitation was swept away, and herself and child left shelterless."
righteously - rechtschaffen
aver - behaupten
habitation - Wohnsitz; Wohnen; Behausung
shelterless - Obdachlos
"Methinks the power to do herself so ill a turn was dearly bought. She had been cheated, had she paid but a farthing for it; that she paid her soul, and her child’s, argueth that she is mad; if she is mad she knoweth not what she doth, therefore sinneth not."
Dearly - Liebevoll; teuer
cheated - betrogen; schummeln, bescheißen (sl.), betrügen
sinneth - sündigt
The elderly heads nodded recognition of Tom’s wisdom once more, and one individual murmured, "An’ the King be mad himself, according to report, then is it a madness of a sort that would improve the sanity of some I wot of, if by the gentle providence of God they could but catch it."
individual - Individuum; einzeln, individuell, Einzel-
sanity - Verstand
wot - Was; (wit) nämlich, und zwar; (wit) Was; (wit) nämlich, und zwar
Providence - Vorsehung, Providence
"What age hath the child?" asked Tom.
"Nine years, please your Majesty."
"By the law of England may a child enter into covenant and sell itself, my lord?" asked Tom, turning to a learned judge.
enter into - einspringen
covenant - Pakt; Bund; Zusage
"The law doth not permit a child to make or meddle in any weighty matter, good my liege, holding that its callow wit unfitteth it to cope with the riper wit and evil schemings of them that are its elders. The Devil may buy a child, if he so choose, and the child agree thereto, but not an Englishman-in this latter case the contract would be null and void."
permit - Genehmigung; zulassen, erlauben; Erlaubnis, Erlaubnisschein
callow - Schwielig; ungefiedert; unerfahren, unreif, grün
unfitteth - unpassend
cope - bewältigen
riper - reifer; (riper years) in fortgeschrittenem Alter; (rip) reifer; (riper years) in fortgeschrittenem Alter
schemings - Intrigen; ränkevoll
thereto - dazu
Englishman - Engländer
null - Null, Leer.., ungültig
void - nichtig
"It seemeth a rude unchristian thing, and ill contrived, that English law denieth privileges to Englishmen to waste them on the devil!" cried Tom, with honest heat.
unchristian - unchristlich
denieth - leugnet
privileges - Privilegien; Privileg
Englishmen - Engländer
heat - Hitze, Wärme
This novel view of the matter excited many smiles, and was stored away in many heads to be repeated about the Court as evidence of Tom’s originality as well as progress toward mental health.
novel - Roman, originell
smiles - lächelt; Lächeln
stored - gespeichert; Lager
originality - Originalität
progress - fortschreiten, Fortschritte machen, weiterkommen; Fortgang
mental - seelisch, geistig
The elder culprit had ceased from sobbing, and was hanging upon Tom’s words with an excited interest and a growing hope. Tom noticed this, and it strongly inclined his sympathies toward her in her perilous and unfriended situation. Presently he asked-
culprit - Übeltäter; Beschuldigter, Missetäter, Schuldiger
inclined - geneigt; neigen, neigen, neigen, Neigung, Anstieg, Gefälle
sympathies - Sympathien; Mitleid
perilous - lebensgefährlich; gefährlich, gefahrvoll
unfriended - entfreundet
"How wrought they to bring the storm?"
"By pulling off their stockings, sire."
pulling - herausziehen; (pull); ziehen
This astonished Tom, and also fired his curiosity to fever heat. He said, eagerly-
fever - Fieber, Temperaturerhöhung
"It is wonderful! Hath it always this dread effect?"
"Always, my liege-at least if the woman desire it, and utter the needful words, either in her mind or with her tongue."
Tom turned to the woman, and said with impetuous zeal-
impetuous - ungestüm
"Exert thy power-I would see a storm!"
exert - anstrengen; ausüben
There was a sudden paling of cheeks in the superstitious assemblage, and a general, though unexpressed, desire to get out of the place-all of which was lost upon Tom, who was dead to everything but the proposed cataclysm. Seeing a puzzled and astonished look in the woman’s face, he added, excitedly-
paling - blass werden; Staket, umschließend; (pal) blass werden; Staket
unexpressed - unausgesprochen
proposed - vorgeschlagen; vorschlagen, einen Heiratsantrag machen
cataclysm - Kataklysmus
"Never fear-thou shalt be blameless. More-thou shalt go free-none shall touch thee. Exert thy power."
blameless - unschuldig; schuldlos, tadellosem, tadellos
"Oh, my lord the King, I have it not-I have been falsely accused."
falsely - fälschlicherweise, falsch
accused - beschuldigt; beschuldigen, anklagen
"Thy fears stay thee. Be of good heart, thou shalt suffer no harm. Make a storm-it mattereth not how small a one-I require nought great or harmful, but indeed prefer the opposite-do this and thy life is spared-thou shalt go out free, with thy child, bearing the King’s pardon, and safe from hurt or malice from any in the realm."
harmful - schädlich
spared - verschont; Sparring; Holm (Tragfläche); Holm (Rotorblatt); boxen
safe from - sicher vor
malice - Boshaftigkeit, Böse, Bosheit, Bösartigkeit
The woman prostrated herself, and protested, with tears, that she had no power to do the miracle, else she would gladly win her child’s life alone, and be content to lose her own, if by obedience to the King’s command so precious a grace might be acquired.
prostrated - niedergeworfen; niedergestreckt, niederwerfen, erniedrigen
protested - protestiert; protestieren, demonstrieren, Einspruch erheben
obedience - Gehorsam, Folgsamkeit, Gehorsamkeit
acquired - erworben; erwerben, erwerben, akquirieren
Tom urged-the woman still adhered to her declarations. Finally he said-
urged - gedrängt; Drang, drängen, mahnen, treiben, anspornen
adhered to - (adhere to) aufrechterhalten (Meinung), festhalten an
declarations - Erklärungen; Erklärung, Deklaration, Erklärung, Deklaration
"I think the woman hath said true. An’ my mother were in her place and gifted with the devil’s functions, she had not stayed a moment to call her storms and lay the whole land in ruins, if the saving of my forfeit life were the price she got! It is argument that other mothers are made in like mould.
gifted - begabt; Geschenk
functions - Funktionen; Funktion, Funktionalität, Funktion, Aufgabe
storms - stürmen; Sturm
ruins - Ruinen; Ruine, Ruin, Ruin, ruinieren, auf die Knie zwingen
forfeit - verwirkt; Strafe; Pfand; verwirken, einbüßen, aufgeben
mould - Schimmel; Heizform, Form; Gussform, Gießform, Moder; formen
Thou art free, goodwife-thou and thy child-for I do think thee innocent. Now thou’st nought to fear, being pardoned-pull off thy stockings!-an’ thou canst make me a storm, thou shalt be rich!"
pardoned - begnadigt; Vergebung, Verzeihung, Begnadigung, verzeihen
pull - ziehen
The redeemed creature was loud in her gratitude, and proceeded to obey, whilst Tom looked on with eager expectancy, a little marred by apprehension; the courtiers at the same time manifesting decided discomfort and uneasiness. The woman stripped her own feet and her little girl’s also, and plainly did her best to reward the King’s generosity with an earthquake, but it was all a failure and a disappointment. Tom sighed, and said-
redeemed - erlöst; zurückkaufen, loslösen, freikaufen, befreien, befreien
loud - laut
marred - geschädigt; beschädigen, verunstalten
manifesting - manifest, Ladungsliste, Manifest, manifestieren
earthquake - Erdbeben
"There, good soul, trouble thyself no further, thy power is departed out of thee. Go thy way in peace; and if it return to thee at any time, forget me not, but fetch me a storm." {13}
good soul - Seelengut
departed - abgereist; verlassen, aufbrechen, verlassen, abweichen
The dinner hour drew near-yet strangely enough, the thought brought but slight discomfort to Tom, and hardly any terror. The morning’s experiences had wonderfully built up his confidence; the poor little ash-cat was already more wonted to his strange garret, after four days’ habit, than a mature person could have become in a full month. A child’s facility in accommodating itself to circumstances was never more strikingly illustrated.
strangely - seltsame, merkwürdige
wonderfully - Wunderbar
built up - zugebaut
confidence - Selbstgewissheit; Zuversicht; Vertrauen, Zutrauen
ash - Esche, Asche
garret - Dachboden; Mansarde, Dachwohnung
habit - Gepflogenheit, Angewohnheit
mature - ausgereift, mündig, erwachsen, reif
facility - Leichtigkeit; Einrichtung, Vorrichtung, Anlage
accommodating - zuvorkommend; machen, endigen, in Übereinstimmung bringen
strikingly - auffallend
Illustrated - veranschaulichte, illustriert
Let us privileged ones hurry to the great banqueting-room and have a glance at matters there whilst Tom is being made ready for the imposing occasion. It is a spacious apartment, with gilded pillars and pilasters, and pictured walls and ceilings. At the door stand tall guards, as rigid as statues, dressed in rich and picturesque costumes, and bearing halberds.
privileged - privilegiert; Privileg
banqueting - Bankettieren; Festmahl
imposing - imposant; auferlegen, aufzwingen, auferlegen
pillars - Pfeilern; Pfeiler, Säule
pilasters - Pilaster
ceilings - Decken; Zimmerdecke; Zimmerdecke
rigid - steif, starr, rigide
costumes - Kostüme; Kostüm
In a high gallery which runs all around the place is a band of musicians and a packed company of citizens of both sexes, in brilliant attire. In the centre of the room, upon a raised platform, is Tom’s table. Now let the ancient chronicler speak:
gallery - Galerie
citizens - Staatsbürger, Staatsbürgerin, Bürger, Bürgerin, Einwohner
sexes - Geschlechter; Alter, Geschlecht, Wohnort?, Geschlecht
brilliant - strahlend, brillant, genial, Brillant, Diamant
attire - Anzug, Aufzug, Kleidung, Tracht, anziehen
platform - Plattform, Podest, Programm, Parteiprogramm, Grundsatzprogramm
"A gentleman enters the room bearing a rod, and along with him another bearing a tablecloth, which, after they have both kneeled three times with the utmost veneration, he spreads upon the table, and after kneeling again they both retire; then come two others, one with the rod again, the other with a salt-cellar, a plate, and bread; when they have kneeled as the others had done, and placed what was brought upon the table, they too retire with the same ceremonies performed by the first; at last come two nobles, richly clothed, one bearing a tasting-knife, who, after prostrating themselves three times in the most graceful manner, approach and rub the table with bread and salt, with as much awe as if the King had been present.
enters - eintritt; reingehen, hineingehen, hereingehen, eintreten
rod - Rute; Stange, Stock, Stab, Latte
tablecloth - Tischdecke, Tischtuch
kneeled - gekniet; knien
utmost - äußerst, höchst, Äußerstes, Möglichstes
veneration - Verehrung
spreads - verteilen, spreizen, ausstreuen, verbreiten, auftragen
retire - in den Ruhestand gehen; pensionieren, zurücktreten
cellar - Keller
plate - Teller; Platte (Druckplatte); Lagerplatte, Lochstein (Uhr)
ceremonies - Zeremonien; Zeremonie, feierliche Handlung, Ritual
performed - durchgeführt; verrichten, Arbeit leisten, Arbeit verrichten
prostrating - Niederwerfend; niedergestreckt, niederwerfen, erniedrigen
approach - sich nähern, nahekommen, ähnlich sein
Rub - reiben, abreiben, sich abreiben, sich abscheuern, sich ablaufen
been present - dabei gewesen, dabeigewesen [alt]
{6}
So end the solemn preliminaries. Now, far down the echoing corridors we hear a bugle-blast, and the indistinct cry, "Place for the King! Way for the King’s most excellent majesty!" These sounds are momently repeated-they grow nearer and nearer-and presently, almost in our faces, the martial note peals and the cry rings out, "Way for the King!
preliminaries - Präliminarien; vorläufig, vorbereitend
echoing - Echo
indistinct - undeutlich
most excellent - famoseste
momently - Momentan
peals - läuten; Geläut
rings - Ringe; Ring, Kreis
At this instant the shining pageant appears, and files in at the door, with a measured march. Let the chronicler speak again:-
Appears - Erscheint; erscheinen, auftauchen, erscheinen, auftauchen
"First come Gentlemen, Barons, Earls, Knights of the Garter, all richly dressed and bareheaded; next comes the Chancellor, between two, one of which carries the royal sceptre, the other the Sword of State in a red scabbard, studded with golden fleurs-de-lis, the point upwards; next comes the King himself-whom, upon his appearing, twelve trumpets and many drums salute with a great burst of welcome, whilst all in the galleries rise in their places, crying ‘God save the King!
barons - Barone; Baron, Freiherr
earls - Grafen; Graf
bareheaded - ohne Kopfbedeckung
sceptre - Zepter
scabbard - Schwertscheide
studded - bespickt; übersäen, verzieren, verstreut sein
upwards - nach oben; ansteigend, aufwärts
appearing - erscheinen, auftauchen, erscheinen, auftauchen, erscheinen
drums - Schlagzeug; Trommel
galleries - Galerien; Galerie, Galerie, Galerie, Galerie
crying - Weinen; (cry); weinen; schreien; rufen; Weinen; Schrei
After him come nobles attached to his person, and on his right and left march his guard of honour, his fifty Gentlemen Pensioners, with gilt battle-axes."
attached - befestigt; anbringen
guard of honour - Ehrengarde
axes - Äxte; Axt, Beil
This was all fine and pleasant. Tom’s pulse beat high, and a glad light was in his eye. He bore himself right gracefully, and all the more so because he was not thinking of how he was doing it, his mind being charmed and occupied with the blithe sights and sounds about him-and besides, nobody can be very ungraceful in nicely-fitting beautiful clothes after he has grown a little used to them-especially if he is for the moment unconscious of them.
pulse beat - Pulsschlag
gracefully - anmutig
occupied with - befasst mit
blithe - fröhlich; unbeschwert, heiter, froh
sights - Sehenswürdigkeiten; Sehenswürdigkeit, Gesicht
ungraceful - ungraziös
nicely - nett; gut
fitting - Anprobe; passend, geeignet, recht
Tom remembered his instructions, and acknowledged his greeting with a slight inclination of his plumed head, and a courteous "I thank ye, my good people."
acknowledged - zur Kenntnis nehmen, erkennen, bekennen, anerkennen
inclination - Neigung
courteous - höflich
He seated himself at table, without removing his cap; and did it without the least embarrassment; for to eat with one’s cap on was the one solitary royal custom upon which the kings and the Cantys met upon common ground, neither party having any advantage over the other in the matter of old familiarity with it. The pageant broke up and grouped itself picturesquely, and remained bareheaded.
embarrassment - Verlegenheit, Peinlichkeit, Betretenheit
solitary - einsam, einzeln
common ground - Gemeinsamkeit
familiarity - Vertrautheit
Now to the sound of gay music the Yeomen of the Guard entered,-"the tallest and mightiest men in England, they being carefully selected in this regard"-but we will let the chronicler tell about it:-
Yeomen - Freisasse
carefully - sorgfältig; vorsichtig
selected - ausgewählt; auswählen
"The Yeomen of the Guard entered, bareheaded, clothed in scarlet, with golden roses upon their backs; and these went and came, bringing in each turn a course of dishes, served in plate. These dishes were received by a gentleman in the same order they were brought, and placed upon the table, while the taster gave to each guard a mouthful to eat of the particular dish he had brought, for fear of any poison."
bringing in - einspielend
served - bedient; Angabe, dienen, servieren, aufschlagen
mouthful - mundvoll
Tom made a good dinner, notwithstanding he was conscious that hundreds of eyes followed each morsel to his mouth and watched him eat it with an interest which could not have been more intense if it had been a deadly explosive and was expected to blow him up and scatter him all about the place.
more intense - intensivere
explosive - explosiv; aufbrausend, Sprengstoff; Sprengmittel
Scatter - zerstreuen, verstreuen, ausstreuen; (scat); zerstreuen
He was careful not to hurry, and equally careful not to do anything whatever for himself, but wait till the proper official knelt down and did it for him. He got through without a mistake-flawless and precious triumph.
equally - gleichermaßen, gleichmäßig
whatever - Jacke wie Hose; was immer, was auch immer, egal, naja, nebbich
got through - drangen
flawless - tadellos; fehlerlos, einwandfrei, makellos, perfekt
triumph - Sieg, Erfolg
When the meal was over at last and he marched away in the midst of his bright pageant, with the happy noises in his ears of blaring bugles, rolling drums, and thundering acclamations, he felt that if he had seen the worst of dining in public it was an ordeal which he would be glad to endure several times a day if by that means he could but buy himself free from some of the more formidable requirements of his royal office.
blaring - schmettern; plärren
bugles - Hörner; Waldhorn, Signalhorn
rolling - rollend, Walzen; (roll) rollend, Walzen
thundering - donnernd; (thunder); Donner; Donnern
acclamations - Akklamationen; Zuruf, Akklamation
dining - Essen; Lärm, Getöse; dröhnen
be glad - sich freuen
Miles Hendon hurried along toward the Southwark end of the bridge, keeping a sharp look-out for the persons he sought, and hoping and expecting to overtake them presently. He was disappointed in this, however. By asking questions, he was enabled to track them part of the way through Southwark; then all traces ceased, and he was perplexed as to how to proceed. Still, he continued his efforts as best he could during the rest of the day. Nightfall found him leg-weary, half-famished, and his desire as far from accomplishment as ever; so he supped at the Tabard Inn and went to bed, resolved to make an early start in the morning, and give the town an exhaustive search. As he lay thinking and planning, he presently began to reason thus: The boy would escape from the ruffian, his reputed father, if possible; would he go back to London and seek his former haunts?
overtake - überholen; aufholen
disappointed - enttäuscht; enttäuschen, vorenthalten, berauben
enabled - aktiviert; berechtigen, befähigen, ermöglichen, anordnen
track - Spur; Fußspur; Fußsohle; Trampelpfad; Bahn, Strecke, Kurs
traces - Spuren; Zeichen, Spur
nightfall - Einbruch der Nacht, Einbruch der Dunkelheit, Zwielicht
famished - verhungert; verhungern, hungern
supped - gegessen; Was ist los?; schlürfen
exhaustive - erschöpfend
reputed - angesehen; Ruf
if possible - womöglich
haunts - Geister; spuken, verfolgen, Treffpunkt
No, he would not do that, he would avoid recapture. What, then, would he do? Never having had a friend in the world, or a protector, until he met Miles Hendon, he would naturally try to find that friend again, provided the effort did not require him to go toward London and danger. He would strike for Hendon Hall, that is what he would do, for he knew Hendon was homeward bound and there he might expect to find him. Yes, the case was plain to Hendon-he must lose no more time in Southwark, but move at once through Kent, toward Monk’s Holm, searching the wood and inquiring as he went. Let us return to the vanished little King now.
avoid - ausweichen; meiden, fernbleiben, vermeiden, entkräften
recapture - wieder einfangen, zurückerobern
effort - Anstrengung, Aufwand
strike - streichen; schlagen; prägen; streiken; scheinen; die Fahne streichen; Strike; Streik; Schlag
homeward - nach Hause; (homeward journey) Heimfahrt, heimwärts
expect - erwarten
searching - Suche, suchen, absuchen, durchsuchen, suchen
The ruffian whom the waiter at the inn on the bridge saw ‘about to join’ the youth and the King did not exactly join them, but fell in close behind them and followed their steps. He said nothing. His left arm was in a sling, and he wore a large green patch over his left eye; he limped slightly, and used an oaken staff as a support.
exactly - genau; ganz genau
sling - Schleuder; Armschlinge
patch - notdürftig reparieren, reparieren, einsetzen; Flicken
limped - gehumpelt; schlapp; hinken, lahmen
staff - Stab
The youth led the King a crooked course through Southwark, and by-and-by struck into the high road beyond. The King was irritated, now, and said he would stop here-it was Hendon’s place to come to him, not his to go to Hendon. He would not endure such insolence; he would stop where he was. The youth said-
led - geführt; LED; (lead) führen, anführen
irritated - gereizt; reizen, irritieren, ärgern
insolence - Unverfrorenheit, Frechheit, Unverschämtheit, Dreistigkeit
"Thou’lt tarry here, and thy friend lying wounded in the wood yonder? So be it, then."
The King’s manner changed at once. He cried out-
"Wounded? And who hath dared to do it? But that is apart; lead on, lead on! Faster, sirrah! Art shod with lead? Wounded, is he? Now though the doer of it be a duke’s son he shall rue it!"
dared - gewagt; sich getrauen, wagen, jemanden herausfordern
lead - führen, anführen, leiten; aus Blei; Aufmacher; Anschlussdraht
sirrah - Knabe, Bursche
doer - Macher, Macherin; (doe); Macher, Macherin
rue - bereuen
It was some distance to the wood, but the space was speedily traversed. The youth looked about him, discovered a bough sticking in the ground, with a small bit of rag tied to it, then led the way into the forest, watching for similar boughs and finding them at intervals; they were evidently guides to the point he was aiming at. By-and-by an open place was reached, where were the charred remains of a farm-house, and near them a barn which was falling to ruin and decay. There was no sign of life anywhere, and utter silence prevailed. The youth entered the barn, the King following eagerly upon his heels. No one there!
rag - Fummel, Lumpen, Putzlappen, Unfug
tied - gebunden; zusammenbinden
boughs - Zweige; Ast
guides - lenken, führen, anleiten, leiten; Handbuch, Anleitung, Führer
aiming at - abzielend
charred - verkohlt; Zeichen; verkohlen; Saibling
farm-house - (farm-house) Gutshaus
barn - Stadel, Scheune, Baracke
falling to - zufallend
decay - Verfall, Verwesung, Fäulnis, verfallen, verderben, faulen
sign of life - Lebenszeichen
anywhere - überall, irgendwo
The King shot a surprised and suspicious glance at the youth, and asked-
surprised - überrascht; Überraschung, Überraschung
"Where is he?"
A mocking laugh was his answer. The King was in a rage in a moment; he seized a billet of wood and was in the act of charging upon the youth when another mocking laugh fell upon his ear. It was from the lame ruffian who had been following at a distance. The King turned and said angrily-
mocking - spöttisch; (moc) spöttisch
billet - (Stahl-) Knüppel
lame - lähmen; lahm
"Who art thou? What is thy business here?"
"Leave thy foolery," said the man, "and quiet thyself. My disguise is none so good that thou canst pretend thou knowest not thy father through it."
"Thou art not my father. I know thee not. I am the King. If thou hast hid my servant, find him for me, or thou shalt sup sorrow for what thou hast done."
hid - versteckt; (hide) verstecken
John Canty replied, in a stern and measured voice-
"It is plain thou art mad, and I am loath to punish thee; but if thou provoke me, I must. Thy prating doth no harm here, where there are no ears that need to mind thy follies; yet it is well to practise thy tongue to wary speech, that it may do no hurt when our quarters change. I have done a murder, and may not tarry at home-neither shalt thou, seeing I need thy service.
punish - bestrafen
provoke - provozieren, aufreizen, aufwühlen, aufhetzen
follies - Verrücktheiten; Torheit, Narrheit, Dummheit, Tollheit, Aberwitz
wary - misstrauisch; achtsam, umsichtig, vorsichtig, wachsam
murder - Mord, mörderisch, ermorden, massakrieren, umbringen
My name is changed, for wise reasons; it is Hobbs-John Hobbs; thine is Jack-charge thy memory accordingly. Now, then, speak. Where is thy mother? Where are thy sisters? They came not to the place appointed-knowest thou whither they went?"
Jack - Hans, Hanns, Hannes, Hänsel
accordingly - dementsprechend; logischerweise
The King answered sullenly-
sullenly - mürrisch, mürrischen
"Trouble me not with these riddles. My mother is dead; my sisters are in the palace."
riddles - Rätsel
The youth near by burst into a derisive laugh, and the King would have assaulted him, but Canty-or Hobbs, as he now called himself-prevented him, and said-
derisive - spöttisch
assaulted - angegriffen; Anschlag, Überfall, Angriff, überfallen, angreifen
prevented - verhindert; verhindern, vorbeugen
"Peace, Hugo, vex him not; his mind is astray, and thy ways fret him. Sit thee down, Jack, and quiet thyself; thou shalt have a morsel to eat, anon."
astray - in die Irre; fehlgeleitet, abwegig, irregeleitet
Hobbs and Hugo fell to talking together, in low voices, and the King removed himself as far as he could from their disagreeable company. He withdrew into the twilight of the farther end of the barn, where he found the earthen floor bedded a foot deep with straw. He lay down here, drew straw over himself in lieu of blankets, and was soon absorbed in thinking. He had many griefs, but the minor ones were swept almost into forgetfulness by the supreme one, the loss of his father. To the rest of the world the name of Henry VIII. brought a shiver, and suggested an ogre whose nostrils breathed destruction and whose hand dealt scourgings and death; but to this boy the name brought only sensations of pleasure; the figure it invoked wore a countenance that was all gentleness and affection.
disagreeable - unangenehm, unsympathisch
withdrew - zurückgezogen; annullieren, entziehen, abziehen, ausscheiden
twilight - Dämmerung, Zwielicht, Halbdunkel
earthen - Irdisch; Erden
lieu - anstatt
blankets - Decke, Wolldecke, Bettdecke, Schicht, Lage, allgemein
minor - minderjährig; gering, geringfügig, klein, unbedeutend
forgetfulness - Vergesslichkeit; Vergessen, Vergessenheit
supreme - übergeordnet; höchster, oberster
suggested - vorgeschlagen; vorschlagen, vorschlagen
ogre - Oger, Menschenfresser, Unmensch, Brutalo, Monster, Ungeheuer
nostrils - Nasenlöcher; Nasenloch
breathed - geatmet; Atmen
dealt - behandelt; Menge, Handel, Teil, Abkommen
scourgings - Geißelungen
invoked - angerufen; anrufen, sich berühmen, aufrufen
He called to mind a long succession of loving passages between his father and himself, and dwelt fondly upon them, his unstinted tears attesting how deep and real was the grief that possessed his heart. As the afternoon wasted away, the lad, wearied with his troubles, sank gradually into a tranquil and healing slumber.
succession - Nachfolge; Abfolge; Thronfolge
passages - Passagen; Durchfahrt, Ăśbergang, Gang
fondly - lieb, liebevoll, zärtlich, verliebt
unstinted - ungebremst
attesting - bescheinigen; attestieren, beglaubigen
possessed - besessen; besitzen, besitzen
healing - Heilung; heilend, verheilend
After a considerable time-he could not tell how long-his senses struggled to a half-consciousness, and as he lay with closed eyes vaguely wondering where he was and what had been happening, he noted a murmurous sound, the sullen beating of rain upon the roof. A snug sense of comfort stole over him, which was rudely broken, the next moment, by a chorus of piping cackles and coarse laughter. It startled him disagreeably, and he unmuffled his head to see whence this interruption proceeded. A grim and unsightly picture met his eye. A bright fire was burning in the middle of the floor, at the other end of the barn; and around it, and lit weirdly up by the red glare, lolled and sprawled the motliest company of tattered gutter-scum and ruffians, of both sexes, he had ever read or dreamed of.
senses - Sinne; Sinn, Gefühl
struggled - gekämpft; Kampf, Gefecht
consciousness - Bewusstsein, Gewahrsein, Erkenntnis, Bewusstheit
murmurous - murmelnd
sullen - mürrisch, schlecht gelaunt, sauer, missmutig
roof - überdachen; Autodach, Dach
snug - wohlig; enganliegend; Hinterraum; gemütlicher Hinterraum; gemütliche Ecke; Separee
chorus - Chor; Refrain, Kehrreim, Chorus
piping - Rohrleitungen; Paspel, Verrohrung
cackles - gackert; Gackern
disagreeably - unangenehm
whence - woher; von daher
interruption - Unterbrechung
unsightly - unansehnlich, hässlich
burning - Verbrennen; brennend; Verbrennung; (burn) Verbrennen; brennend; Verbrennung
weirdly - Seltsam
lolled - geräkelt; räkeln
motliest - am liebsten; zusammengewürfelt, bunt zusammengeworfen
tattered - zerfleddert; zerfetzen, zerfleddern, zerfledern; Lumpen, Fetzen
gutter - Regenrinne, Rinnstein, Gosse
ruffians - Raufbolde; Raubein
There were huge stalwart men, brown with exposure, long-haired, and clothed in fantastic rags; there were middle-sized youths, of truculent countenance, and similarly clad; there were blind mendicants, with patched or bandaged eyes; crippled ones, with wooden legs and crutches; diseased ones, with running sores peeping from ineffectual wrappings; there was a villain-looking pedlar with his pack; a knife-grinder, a tinker, and a barber-surgeon, with the implements of their trades; some of the females were hardly-grown girls, some were at prime, some were old and wrinkled hags, and all were loud, brazen, foul-mouthed; and all soiled and slatternly; there were three sore-faced babies; there were a couple of starveling curs, with strings about their necks, whose office was to lead the blind.
stalwart - standhaft; kräftig, robust, handfest, unerschütterlich, tapfer
exposure - Exposition; Kontakt, Einwirkung, Lage, Witterung, Belichtung
haired - behaart
sized - dimensioniert; Konfektionsgröße, Körpergröße, Format; ausmessen
youths - Jugend, Jugendlichkeit, Jugend, Jugendzeit, Jugendlicher
truculent - widerspenstig
similarly - in ähnlicher Weise
mendicants - Bettlerinnen und Bettler; betteln
patched - gepatcht; notdürftig reparieren, reparieren, einsetzen; Flicken
bandaged - bandagiert; Verband, bandagieren
crippled - verkrüppelt; Krüppel, verkrüppeln, lahm legen, lähmen
wooden - hölzern, Holz-
crutches - Krücken; Krücke, Stütze, Krücke
sores - Wunden; weh, wund, schmerzend, schmerzhaft
peeping - spähen; (peep hole) Schauloch; (to peep through) durchgucken
ineffectual - unwirksam
wrappings - Umhüllungen; einpacken, einwickeln, einhüllen
pedlar - Hausierer
grinder - Schleifer; Schleifmaschine; Mühle
tinker - basteln; Kesselflicker, Kesselflickerin, tüfteln, frickeln
barber - Friseur; Barbier, Bartschneider, Bartscherer, frisieren
surgeon - Chirurg, Chirurgin, Wundarzt
implements - Geräte; Werkzeug
trades - Berufe; Handel, Kommerz, Handel, Geschäft
females - weiblich, Weib
prime - wichtigste
wrinkled - zerknittert; sich runzeln, runzlig (runzelig) werden, knittern
hags - Hexen; altes Weib, Hexe
brazen - schamlos; messingen, aus Messing, Messing-, metallisch, metallen
slatternly - schlampige
starveling - verhungern; Hungerleider
The night was come, the gang had just finished feasting, an orgy was beginning; the can of liquor was passing from mouth to mouth. A general cry broke forth-
gang - Clique, Bande, Rotte, Gruppe; abgleichen
feasting - schlemmend, ergötzend; (feast) schlemmend, ergötzend
orgy - Orgie
"A song! a song from the Bat and Dick and Dot-and-go-One!"
bat - Fledermaus
Dick - Schwanz, erigierter Penis (vulg.)
dot - stricheln; Punkt
‘Bien Darkman’s then, Bouse Mort and Ken,
Bouse - Haus; Bouse
ken - (know) kennen
The bien Coves bings awast,
coves - Buchten; Bucht, Hohlkehle (Profil), Wölbung
bings - Bing
awast - schrecklich
On Chates to trine by Rome Coves dine
trine - Trigonometrie; Trine
Rome - Rom
For his long lib at last.
lib - befreien
Bing’d out bien Morts and toure, and toure,
Bing out of the Rome vile bine,
vile - abscheulich, gemein, schnöde
And toure the Cove that cloy’d your duds,
Cove - Bucht, Hohlkehle (Profil), Wölbung
cloy - aufbrausen; anwidern
duds - Blindgänger, Niete
Upon the Chates to trine.‘
(From’The English Rogue.’ London, 1665.)
rogue - Schurke; Lümmel, Strolch, Vagabund, Landstreicher, checkSchelm
Conversation followed; not in the thieves’ dialect of the song, for that was only used in talk when unfriendly ears might be listening. In the course of it, it appeared that ‘John Hobbs’ was not altogether a new recruit, but had trained in the gang at some former time. His later history was called for, and when he said he had ‘accidentally’ killed a man, considerable satisfaction was expressed; when he added that the man was a priest, he was roundly applauded, and had to take a drink with everybody.
dialect - Dialekt, Mundart
unfriendly - unfreundlich, unholde
altogether - ganz und gar, ohne Ausnahme, ausnahmslos, insgesamt
recruit - Rekrut; rekrutieren
accidentally - zufällig, durch Zufall, aus Versehen, versehentlich
expressed - ausgedrückt; bekunden, Eilzug, Schnellzug
roundly - rundum; rund
applauded - applaudiert; applaudieren, klatschen, Beifall klatschen, loben
Old acquaintances welcomed him joyously, and new ones were proud to shake him by the hand. He was asked why he had ‘tarried away so many months.’ He answered-
joyously - freudig
tarried - gezögert; zögern; teerig
"London is better than the country, and safer, these late years, the laws be so bitter and so diligently enforced. An’ I had not had that accident, I had stayed there. I had resolved to stay, and never more venture country-wards-but the accident has ended that."
safer - Sicherer; sicher, gefahrlos, sicher, sicher, sicher, Tresor
enforced - durchgesetzt; vollstrecken, durchsetzen, durchsetzen (1), de
wards - Krankenstationen; abwehren, abhalten
He inquired how many persons the gang numbered now. The ‘ruffler,’ or chief, answered-
"Five and twenty sturdy budges, bulks, files, clapperdogeons and maunders, counting the dells and doxies and other morts. {7} Most are here, the rest are wandering eastward, along the winter lay. We follow at dawn."
budges - rücken; bewegen, rühren
bulks - Großteil
maunders - faseln
counting - rechnen, abzählen, zählen
dells - enges Tal
eastward - ostwärts
"I do not see the Wen among the honest folk about me. Where may he be?"
"Poor lad, his diet is brimstone, now, and over hot for a delicate taste. He was killed in a brawl, somewhere about midsummer."
Brimstone - Schwefel; Zitronenfalter
brawl - kämpfen; Handgemenge, Schlägerei
somewhere - irgendwo; irgendwohin
midsummer - Hochsommer; Johannistag, Mittsommer
"I sorrow to hear that; the Wen was a capable man, and brave."
"That was he, truly. Black Bess, his dell, is of us yet, but absent on the eastward tramp; a fine lass, of nice ways and orderly conduct, none ever seeing her drunk above four days in the seven."
Dell - enges Tal
Lass - Mädchen, Jungfrau
orderly - ordnungsgemäß; ordentlich; Pflegehelfer, Krankenpfleger
conduct - Leitung, Führung, leiten, führen, sich verhalten, sich benehmen
"She was ever strict-I remember it well-a goodly wench and worthy all commendation. Her mother was more free and less particular; a troublesome and ugly-tempered beldame, but furnished with a wit above the common."
strict - streng
wench - Weibsstück; Magd, Mädchen
commendation - Empfehlung, Belobigung
troublesome - lästig
tempered - temperiert; Gereiztheit, Laune, Temperament
"We lost her through it. Her gift of palmistry and other sorts of fortune-telling begot for her at last a witch’s name and fame. The law roasted her to death at a slow fire. It did touch me to a sort of tenderness to see the gallant way she met her lot-cursing and reviling all the crowd that gaped and gazed around her, whilst the flames licked upward toward her face and catched her thin locks and crackled about her old gray head-cursing them!
palmistry - Chiromantie, Handlesekunst, Handlesen
sorts - Sorten; Sortierung, Gattung, Art, Sorte; sortieren, ordnen
begot - gezeugt; erzeugen, zeugen, fortpflanzen
fame - Ruhm, Berühmtheit, Bekanntheit
Roasted - braten, rösten, Braten, Braten, gebraten
tenderness - Zärtlichkeit
cursing - Fluchen; verwünschend; (curs) Fluchen; verwünschend
reviling - Verunglimpfung; beschimpfend
gaped - gähnt; Zahnlücke; Lücke, Bresche, Leerstelle, Kluft
licked - geleckt; schlecken, lecken; flitzen
upward - nach oben; ansteigend, aufwärts
catched - gefangen
locks - Schlösser; Schloss
crackled - geknistert; Knistern
why an’ thou should’st live a thousand years thoud’st never hear so masterful a cursing. Alack, her art died with her. There be base and weakling imitations left, but no true blasphemy."
masterful - meisterhaft
imitations - Nachahmungen; Imitation, Nachahmung, Kopie, Imitat
blasphemy - Blasphemie, Gotteslästerung
The Ruffler sighed; the listeners sighed in sympathy; a general depression fell upon the company for a moment, for even hardened outcasts like these are not wholly dead to sentiment, but are able to feel a fleeting sense of loss and affliction at wide intervals and under peculiarly favouring circumstances-as in cases like to this, for instance, when genius and culture depart and leave no heir.
listeners - Zuhörer, Zuhörerin, Beobachter
depression - Senke; Depression, Abschwung
hardened - abgehärtet; härten, verhärten, abhärten
outcasts - Ausgestoßene; verstoßen; ausgestoßen
sentiment - Gefühlen; Gefühl
peculiarly - eigentümlich
favouring - begünstigen, bevorzugen
instance - Beispiel, Fall, Instanz
genius - Genie; Genialität
However, a deep drink all round soon restored the spirits of the mourners.
mourners - Trauernder, Trauernde
"Have any others of our friends fared hardly?" asked Hobbs.
"Some-yes. Particularly new comers-such as small husbandmen turned shiftless and hungry upon the world because their farms were taken from them to be changed to sheep ranges. They begged, and were whipped at the cart’s tail, naked from the girdle up, till the blood ran; then set in the stocks to be pelted; they begged again, were whipped again, and deprived of an ear; they begged a third time-poor devils, what else could they do?-and were branded on the cheek with a red-hot iron, then sold for slaves; they ran away, were hunted down, and hanged. ’Tis a brief tale, and quickly told. Others of us have fared less hardly. Stand forth, Yokel, Burns, and Hodge-show your adornments!
comers - Kommende
shiftless - unbeholfen; hilflos
ranges - Bereiche; Gebirgskette, Gebirge
whipped - ausgepeitscht; Peitsche, Knute, Zagel, peitschen, auspeitschen
cart - Pferdewagen, Wagen, Karren
girdle - Gürtel, Hüfthalter
stocks - in Bausch und Bogen, Aktien, Inventar
pelted - geplättet; Fell (ungegerbt); bombardieren (ugs. bewerfen)
deprived of - beraubt
devils - Teufeln; Teufel, Satan, Teufel, Teufel, Teufel, Teufelin
branded - gebrandmarkt; Brandzeichen
hunted - gejagt; jagen, suchen, Jagd
Yokel - Bauerntölpel, Hinterwäldler, Hanswurst
burns - Verbrennungen; brennen, feuern, leuchten
These stood up and stripped away some of their rags, exposing their backs, criss-crossed with ropy old welts left by the lash; one turned up his hair and showed the place where a left ear had once been; another showed a brand upon his shoulder-the letter V-and a mutilated ear; the third said-
exposing - entlarven; aufdecken, offenbaren, entblößen, bloßlegen
ropy - seilförmig; klebrig
welts - Striemen; die Borte
lash - Peitsche, Wimper; anbinden
brand - Brandzeichen, Brandmal, Zuchtbrand, Marke, Label
mutilated - verstümmelt; verstümmeln, verschandeln
"I am Yokel, once a farmer and prosperous, with loving wife and kids-now am I somewhat different in estate and calling; and the wife and kids are gone; mayhap they are in heaven, mayhap in-in the other place-but the kindly God be thanked, they bide no more in England! My good old blameless mother strove to earn bread by nursing the sick; one of these died, the doctors knew not how, so my mother was burnt for a witch, whilst my babes looked on and wailed. English law!-up, all, with your cups!-now all together and with a cheer!-drink to the merciful English law that delivered her from the English hell! Thank you, mates, one and all. I begged, from house to house-I and the wife-bearing with us the hungry kids-but it was crime to be hungry in England-so they stripped us and lashed us through three towns. Drink ye all again to the merciful English law!-for its lash drank deep of my Mary’s blood and its blessed deliverance came quick. She lies there, in the potter’s field, safe from all harms.
prosperous - wohlhabend
kids - Kinder; Gör, Kind
strove - angestrebt; erstreben, bestreben
earn - verdienen, sich einhandeln
babes - Puppe
wailed - geweint; jammern, wehklagen, klagen
hell - Hölle
mates - Kumpels; schachmatt, Kamerad, Kameradin, verbinden; anpassen
be hungry - hungern, hungrig sein
lashed - festgezurrt; Peitsche, Wimper; anbinden
blessed - gesegnet; selig; (bless); gesegnet; selig
lies - Lügen; (lie down) sich hinlegen
Potter - Töpfer
field - Feld, Gefilde, Heide, tHeideland
harms - schadet; Schaden, schaden
And the kids-well, whilst the law lashed me from town to town, they starved. Drink, lads-only a drop-a drop to the poor kids, that never did any creature harm. I begged again-begged, for a crust, and got the stocks and lost an ear-see, here bides the stump; I begged again, and here is the stump of the other to keep me minded of it. And still I begged again, and was sold for a slave-here on my cheek under this stain, if I washed it off, ye might see the red S the branding-iron left there! A slave! Do you understand that word? An English slave!-that is he that stands before ye. I have run from my master, and when I am found-the heavy curse of heaven fall on the law of the land that hath commanded it!-I shall hang!" {1}
bides - Angebot, reizen, Gebot, Bieten, bieten
slave - Sklave, Sklavin, Sexsklave
stain - Fleck; Schandfleck; beflecken; beizen
branding - Brandzeichen
A ringing voice came through the murky air-
ringing - klingeln; kraftvoll, klar; (ring) klingeln; kraftvoll, klar
"Thou shalt not!-and this day the end of that law is come!"
All turned, and saw the fantastic figure of the little King approaching hurriedly; as it emerged into the light and was clearly revealed, a general explosion of inquiries broke out-
revealed - aufgedeckt; enthüllen, offenbaren
inquiries - Erkundigungen; Anfrage, Erkundigung, Abfrage, Untersuchung
"Who is it? What is it? Who art thou, manikin?"
manikin - Puppe; Männchen
The boy stood unconfused in the midst of all those surprised and questioning eyes, and answered with princely dignity-
"I am Edward, King of England."
A wild burst of laughter followed, partly of derision and partly of delight in the excellence of the joke. The King was stung. He said sharply-
burst of laughter - Lachsalve
Derision - Hohn, Spott, Verhöhnung, Verspottung
delight in - sich freuen an
excellence - Exzellenz; Vortrefflichkeit
"Ye mannerless vagrants, is this your recognition of the royal boon I have promised?"
vagrants - der Landstreicher / die Landstreicherin
promised - versprochen; Versprechen
He said more, with angry voice and excited gesture, but it was lost in a whirlwind of laughter and mocking exclamations. ’John Hobbs’ made several attempts to make himself heard above the din, and at last succeeded-saying-
whirlwind - Wirbelwind, Wirbelsturm
exclamations - Ausrufe; Ausruf, Exklamation
din - Lärm, Getöse; dröhnen
"Mates, he is my son, a dreamer, a fool, and stark mad-mind him not-he thinketh he is the King."
dreamer - Träumer, Träumerin, Schwärmer
thinketh - denkt
"I am the King," said Edward, turning toward him, "as thou shalt know to thy cost, in good time. Thou hast confessed a murder-thou shalt swing for it."
in good time - rechtzeitig, beizeiten, frühzeitig
swing - schwingen, schaukeln, schwanken, baumeln, Schaukel, Hutsche
"Thou’lt betray me?-thou? An’ I get my hands upon thee-"
"Tut-tut!" said the burley Ruffler, interposing in time to save the King, and emphasising this service by knocking Hobbs down with his fist, "hast respect for neither Kings nor Rufflers? An’ thou insult my presence so again, I’ll hang thee up myself." Then he said to his Majesty, "Thou must make no threats against thy mates, lad; and thou must guard thy tongue from saying evil of them elsewhere.
emphasising - betonen; Nachdruck, Eindringlichkeit, Emphase, Schwerpunkt
knocking - Nageln (Dieselmotor)
fist - fausten; Faust
myself - mich selbst; mich
Be king, if it please thy mad humour, but be not harmful in it. Sink the title thou hast uttered-‘tis treason; we be bad men in some few trifling ways, but none among us is so base as to be traitor to his King; we be loving and loyal hearts, in that regard. Note if I speak truth. Now-all together: ’Long live Edward, King of England!’"
sink - Waschbecken; sinken; senken, versenken, Spüle, Spülbecken
"LONG LIVE EDWARD, KING OF ENGLAND!"
The response came with such a thundergust from the motley crew that the crazy building vibrated to the sound. The little King’s face lighted with pleasure for an instant, and he slightly inclined his head, and said with grave simplicity-
response - Antwort
thundergust - Donnergrollen
motley - kunterbunt; zusammengewürfelt, bunt zusammengeworfen
crew - Mannschaft, Crew
vibrated - vibriert; vibrieren, Vibration
"I thank you, my good people."
This unexpected result threw the company into convulsions of merriment. When something like quiet was presently come again, the Ruffler said, firmly, but with an accent of good nature-
unexpected - unerwartet
convulsions - Krämpfe; Konvulsion, Krampf
firmly - sicher, fest
accent - Dialekt, Akzent, Betonung; betonen, akzentuieren
"Drop it, boy, ‘tis not wise, nor well. Humour thy fancy, if thou must, but choose some other title."
Drop it - Lass das!
A tinker shrieked out a suggestion-
shrieked - geschrien; Kreischen
"Foo-foo the First, King of the Mooncalves!"
The title ‘took,’ at once, every throat responded, and a roaring shout went up, of-
throat - Kehle, Rachen, Hals, Flaschenhals
roaring - brüllend; Gebrüll; (roar); brüllen; Tosen; Brüllen; Aufheulen
"Long live Foo-foo the First, King of the Mooncalves!" followed by hootings, cat-calls, and peals of laughter.
hootings - Hupkonzerte
"Hale him forth, and crown him!"
"Robe him!"
"Sceptre him!"
"Throne him!"
These and twenty other cries broke out at once! and almost before the poor little victim could draw a breath he was crowned with a tin basin, robed in a tattered blanket, throned upon a barrel, and sceptred with the tinker’s soldering-iron.
broke out - (break out) ausbrechen
crowned - gekrönt; Zenit; krönen; Bombage (ballige Fläche)
tin - Zinn
robed - gewandet; Robe
barrel - Fass, Tonne, Gebinde, Barrel, Trommel, Hohlzylinder
sceptred - das Zepter schwingen; Zepter
soldering-iron - (soldering-iron) (elektrischer) Lötkolben
Then all flung themselves upon their knees about him and sent up a chorus of ironical wailings, and mocking supplications, whilst they swabbed their eyes with their soiled and ragged sleeves and aprons-
ironical - ironisch
supplications - Bittgesuche; Flehen
swabbed - einen Abstrich; Tupfer, Abstrich, Läppchen
aprons - Schürzen; Schürze, Vorfeld
"Be gracious to us, O sweet King!"
"Trample not upon thy beseeching worms, O noble Majesty!"
trample - trampeln, zertrampeln, herumtrampeln, herumtrampeln auf
beseeching - anflehend; (to beseech) ersuchen, anflehen
worms - Wurm, elender Wurm
"Pity thy slaves, and comfort them with a royal kick!"
kick - treten, (Pferd) ausschlagen; Stoß
"Cheer us and warm us with thy gracious rays, O flaming sun of sovereignty!"
rays - Schimmer, Strahl; ausstrahlen
flaming - flammend; (flame); Flamme, poetic, anmachen
"Sanctify the ground with the touch of thy foot, that we may eat the dirt and be ennobled!"
sanctify - heiligen
ennobled - geadelt; adeln, veredeln
"Deign to spit upon us, O Sire, that our children’s children may tell of thy princely condescension, and be proud and happy for ever!"
condescension - Herablassung, Kondeszendenz
But the humorous tinker made the ‘hit’ of the evening and carried off the honours. Kneeling, he pretended to kiss the King’s foot, and was indignantly spurned; whereupon he went about begging for a rag to paste over the place upon his face which had been touched by the foot, saying it must be preserved from contact with the vulgar air, and that he should make his fortune by going on the highway and exposing it to view at the rate of a hundred shillings a sight.
humorous - humorvoll
hit - getroffen; schlagen
carried off - weggerafft
pretended - vorgetäuscht; vorgeben, prätendieren, vortäuschen, so tun
paste over - überklebe
preserved - Konserve, Eingemachtes
contact - Kontakt, Berührung, Verbindung, Kontaktlinse, berühren
vulgar - vulgär, unfein, ungebildet, unanständig
rate - Wechselkurs, Devisenkurs, Kurs; Kommunalsteuer
shillings - Schillinge; Schilling, alte britische Münze im Wert von 5 Pence
He made himself so killingly funny that he was the envy and admiration of the whole mangy rabble.
killingly - tödlich
envy - Neid; beneiden
mangy - krätzig, räudig, schäbig
Tears of shame and indignation stood in the little monarch’s eyes; and the thought in his heart was, "Had I offered them a deep wrong they could not be more cruel-yet have I proffered nought but to do them a kindness-and it is thus they use me for it!"
proffered - angeboten; anbieten
Tramps - Landstreicher; Vagabund, Penner, Schlampe, Flittchen
The troop of vagabonds turned out at early dawn, and set forward on their march. There was a lowering sky overhead, sloppy ground under foot, and a winter chill in the air. All gaiety was gone from the company; some were sullen and silent, some were irritable and petulant, none were gentle-humoured, all were thirsty.
vagabonds - Vagabunden; Vagabund, Landstreicher, Landstreicherin, Vagabund
lowering - Senken; Abbau (von Kosten)
sloppy - nass, klitschnass, schlampig, salopp
gaiety - Fröhlichkeit; Frohsinn, Glücklichsein
irritable - reizbar
petulant - launisch
humoured - belustigt; Humor, Laune, Humor, Stimmung, Körpersaft, Saft
The Ruffler put ‘Jack’ in Hugo’s charge, with some brief instructions, and commanded John Canty to keep away from him and let him alone; he also warned Hugo not to be too rough with the lad.
keep away - abhalten, fernhalten
After a while the weather grew milder, and the clouds lifted somewhat. The troop ceased to shiver, and their spirits began to improve. They grew more and more cheerful, and finally began to chaff each other and insult passengers along the highway. This showed that they were awaking to an appreciation of life and its joys once more. The dread in which their sort was held was apparent in the fact that everybody gave them the road, and took their ribald insolences meekly, without venturing to talk back.
milder - mild, ausgeglichen, de
clouds - Wolken; verschleiern
more cheerful - fröhlichere
chaff - Spreu, q ow rare, Düppel
passengers - Passagiere; Passagier, Passagierin, Fahrgast, Fahrgästin
awaking - erwachen; weckend, erweckend; (awake) erwachen; weckend
appreciation - Anerkennung, Würdigung, Dankbarkeit, Wertschätzung
joys - Freuden; Wonne (Freude, Vergnügen); Freude (über)
apparent - offensichtlich; offenbar
ribald - unhöflich; frivol; q ore negative
insolences - Insolvenzen; Unverfrorenheit, Frechheit, Unverschämtheit
venturing - (venture) wagen, herauswagen; (venture); Wagnis
They snatched linen from the hedges, occasionally in full view of the owners, who made no protest, but only seemed grateful that they did not take the hedges, too.
hedges - Hecken; Hecke
Occasionally - gelegentlich
owners - Eigentümer; Inhaber, Besitzer, Besitzerin
By-and-by they invaded a small farmhouse and made themselves at home while the trembling farmer and his people swept the larder clean to furnish a breakfast for them. They chucked the housewife and her daughters under the chin whilst receiving the food from their hands, and made coarse jests about them, accompanied with insulting epithets and bursts of horse-laughter. They threw bones and vegetables at the farmer and his sons, kept them dodging all the time, and applauded uproariously when a good hit was made. They ended by buttering the head of one of the daughters who resented some of their familiarities.
Farmhouse - Bauernhaus, Farmhaus
larder - Kühlraum, Speisekammer
furnish - möblieren, einrichten, ausrüsten
chucked - weggeschmissen; Spannfutter, Ansaugvorrichtung; erbrechen
housewife - Hausfrau
chin - Kinn
receiving - bekommen, erhalten, empfangen, kriegen, empfangen
jests - scherzt; scherzen
insulting - beleidigend; beleidigen, Beleidigung, Kränkung, Verletzung
epithets - Epitheta; Beiwort
bursts - Ausbrüche; platzen, zerplatzen, bersten, sprengen, Bersten
dodging - ausweichen, beiseite springen, ausweichen, umgehen
uproariously - aufrüttelnd
buttering - Buttern; mit Butter bestreichen; Butter; aufpuffern (aufschweißen)
resented - verübelt; zurückgesandt; verübeln, übelnehmen
familiarities - Vertrautheiten; Vertrautheit
When they took their leave they threatened to come back and burn the house over the heads of the family if any report of their doings got to the ears of the authorities.
threatened - bedroht; drohen, bedrohen, bedrohen, androhen
doings - tun, tuend
authorities - Behörden; Autorität, Autorität; Behörde, Autorität, Behörde
About noon, after a long and weary tramp, the gang came to a halt behind a hedge on the outskirts of a considerable village. An hour was allowed for rest, then the crew scattered themselves abroad to enter the village at different points to ply their various trades-‘Jack’ was sent with Hugo. They wandered hither and thither for some time, Hugo watching for opportunities to do a stroke of business, but finding none-so he finally said-
hedge - Hecke
outskirts - Außenbezirke; Außenbezirk, Stadtrand, Außenbereich, Vorort
enter - reingehen, hineingehen, hereingehen, eintreten
ply - Windung (Technik), Strähne, Kordlage; handhaben, betreiben
opportunities - Möglichkeiten; Gelegenheit, Chance, Möglichkeit, Gelegenheit
"I see nought to steal; it is a paltry place. Wherefore we will beg."
steal - stehlen, entwenden, klauen, rauben, Schnäppchen, Diebstahl
"We, forsooth! Follow thy trade-it befits thee. But I will not beg."
befits - Annehmlichkeiten; anstehen, entsprechen, zukommen
"Thou’lt not beg!" exclaimed Hugo, eyeing the King with surprise. "Prithee, since when hast thou reformed?"
reformed - reformiert; Reform, reformieren
"What dost thou mean?"
"Mean? Hast thou not begged the streets of London all thy life?"
"I? Thou idiot!"
"Spare thy compliments-thy stock will last the longer. Thy father says thou hast begged all thy days. Mayhap he lied. Peradventure you will even make so bold as to say he lied," scoffed Hugo.
spare - überflüssig, frei, sparsam, Ersatz; sparsam umgehen
compliments - Komplimente; Kompliment
stock - in Bausch und Bogen, Aktien, Inventar
"Him you call my father? Yes, he lied."
"Come, play not thy merry game of madman so far, mate; use it for thy amusement, not thy hurt. An’ I tell him this, he will scorch thee finely for it."
mate - Kumpel; schachmatt, Kamerad, Kameradin, verbinden; anpassen
scorch - versengen; verbrennen; rasen
"Save thyself the trouble. I will tell him."
"I like thy spirit, I do in truth; but I do not admire thy judgment. Bone-rackings and bastings be plenty enow in this life, without going out of one’s way to invite them. But a truce to these matters; I believe your father. I doubt not he can lie; I doubt not he doth lie, upon occasion, for the best of us do that; but there is no occasion here.
admire - bewundern, verehren, hochschätzen
rackings - streckend
bastings - verprügelnd
invite - auffordern, einladen
truce - Waffenstillstand, Waffenruhe
A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for nought. But come; sith it is thy humour to give over begging, wherewithal shall we busy ourselves? With robbing kitchens?"
commodity - Ware, Gut, Handelsgut, Handelsware, Rohstoff
give over - überantworten
ourselves - uns selbst; uns
robbing - rauben, berauben, Raubbau treiben, ausrauben
The King said, impatiently-
impatiently - Ungeduldig
"Have done with this folly-you weary me!"
Hugo replied, with temper-
"Now harkee, mate; you will not beg, you will not rob; so be it. But I will tell you what you will do. You will play decoy whilst I beg. Refuse, an’ you think you may venture!"
rob - rauben, berauben, Raubbau treiben, ausrauben
decoy - Lockvogel, Köder, ködern, locken
refuse - Müll; abweisen, verweigern, abschlagen, ablehnen
The King was about to reply contemptuously, when Hugo said, interrupting-
contemptuously - verächtlich
"Peace! Here comes one with a kindly face. Now will I fall down in a fit. When the stranger runs to me, set you up a wail, and fall upon your knees, seeming to weep; then cry out as all the devils of misery were in your belly, and say, ‘Oh, sir, it is my poor afflicted brother, and we be friendless; o’ God’s name cast through your merciful eyes one pitiful look upon a sick, forsaken, and most miserable wretch; bestow one little penny out of thy riches upon one smitten of God and ready to perish!
fall down - umstürzen;Niederfallen
wail - heulen; jammern, wehklagen, klagen
seeming - scheinbar; anscheinend, scheinend; (seem); scheinen, dünken
weep - weinen
pitiful - Mitleid erregend; erbärmlich, kläglich, jämmerlich
most miserable - jämmerlichste
wretch - Unglückliche; das Wesen
bestow - verstauen, einlagern, unterbringen, schenken, verleihen
-and Mind you, keep you on wailing, and abate not till we bilk him of his penny, else shall you rue it."
Mind you - wohlgemerkt;Das du dich ja warm hältst!
wailing - (to wail) jammern, wehklagen, klagen; (wail) (to wail) jammern
abate - nachlassen; vermindern, verzehren (Rauch), verringern
bilk - prellen
Then immediately Hugo began to moan, and groan, and roll his eyes, and reel and totter about; and when the stranger was close at hand, down he sprawled before him, with a shriek, and began to writhe and wallow in the dirt, in seeming agony.
roll - Rolle, Roulade, Walze, Semmel; drehen, wälzen, wickeln, rollen
reel - Spule; Haspel; Demoband; aufrollen; drehen, kreisen, taumeln
totter - wackeln; schwanken, taumeln, torkeln, Schwanken, Taumeln
shriek - schreien; Kreischen
writhe - sich winden; winden, krümmen
agony - Qualen; Agonie, Qual, Pein, Todeskampf, Freudenausbruch
"O, dear, O dear!" cried the benevolent stranger, "O poor soul, poor soul, how he doth suffer! There-let me help thee up."
benevolent - wohlwollend; altruistisch
"O noble sir, forbear, and God love you for a princely gentleman-but it giveth me cruel pain to touch me when I am taken so. My brother there will tell your worship how I am racked with anguish when these fits be upon me. A penny, dear sir, a penny, to buy a little food; then leave me to my sorrows."
racked - gequält; Folterbank, Zahnstange, Gestell
fits - passt; (to be fit) in Form sein
"A penny! thou shalt have three, thou hapless creature,"-and he fumbled in his pocket with nervous haste and got them out. "There, poor lad, take them and most welcome. Now come hither, my boy, and help me carry thy stricken brother to yon house, where-"
hapless - unglücklich; unglückselig
fumbled - getastet; umhertasten, tasten
nervous - nervös
haste - Eile, Hast
most welcome - willkommenste
"I am not his brother," said the King, interrupting.
"What! not his brother?"
"Oh, hear him!" groaned Hugo, then privately ground his teeth. "He denies his own brother-and he with one foot in the grave!"
groaned - gestöhnt; Stöhnen
denies - leugnet; leugnen, bestreiten, dementieren
"Boy, thou art indeed hard of heart, if this is thy brother. For shame!-and he scarce able to move hand or foot. If he is not thy brother, who is he, then?"
scarce - rar; spärlich
"A beggar and a thief! He has got your money and has picked your pocket likewise. An’ thou would’st do a healing miracle, lay thy staff over his shoulders and trust Providence for the rest."
picked - ausgewählt; Hacke, Pickel, Spitzhacke, Dietrich, pflücken
trust - Vertrauen, Hoffnung, Trust, anschreiben
But Hugo did not tarry for the miracle. In a moment he was up and off like the wind, the gentleman following after and raising the hue and cry lustily as he went. The King, breathing deep gratitude to Heaven for his own release, fled in the opposite direction, and did not slacken his pace until he was out of harm’s reach. He took the first road that offered, and soon put the village behind him.
raising - Erhöhung; Erhebung; Großziehen, Aufziehen
hue and cry - Geschrei und Gezeter
lustily - lüstern; geil
opposite direction - Gegenrichtung
slacken - erlahmen; entspannen
He hurried along, as briskly as he could, during several hours, keeping a nervous watch over his shoulder for pursuit; but his fears left him at last, and a grateful sense of security took their place. He recognised, now, that he was hungry, and also very tired. So he halted at a farmhouse; but when he was about to speak, he was cut short and driven rudely away. His clothes were against him.
Security - Sicherheit, Schutz, Sicherheitsdienst, Wertpapier
cut short - abbrechen, abkürzen
He wandered on, wounded and indignant, and was resolved to put himself in the way of like treatment no more. But hunger is pride’s master; so, as the evening drew near, he made an attempt at another farmhouse; but here he fared worse than before; for he was called hard names and was promised arrest as a vagrant except he moved on promptly.
arrest - Verhaftung, Festnahme, Arrest, arretieren, festnehmen
vagrant - vagabundierend; der Landstreicher / die Landstreicherin
The night came on, chilly and overcast; and still the footsore monarch laboured slowly on.
chilly - frostig, kalt, kühl
overcast - bedeckt, bewölkt
footsore - fußkrank
He was obliged to Keep moving, for every time he sat down to rest he was soon penetrated to the bone with the cold. All his sensations and experiences, as he moved through the solemn gloom and the empty vastness of the night, were new and strange to him. At intervals he heard voices approach, pass by, and fade into silence; and as he saw nothing more of the bodies they belonged to than a sort of formless drifting blur, there was something spectral and uncanny about it all that made him shudder. Occasionally he caught the twinkle of a light-always far away, apparently-almost in another world; if he heard the tinkle of a sheep’s bell, it was vague, distant, indistinct; the muffled lowing of the herds floated to him on the night wind in vanishing cadences, a mournful sound; now and then came the complaining howl of a dog over viewless expanses of field and forest; all sounds were remote; they made the little King feel that all life and activity were far removed from him, and that he stood solitary, companionless, in the centre of a measureless solitude.
Keep moving - Weitergehen!
penetrated - durchdrungen; eindringen, penetrieren, penetrieren
gloom - Finsternis; Düsternis, Dunkelheit, Trübnis, Schwermut
vastness - Weite
pass by - vorüberziehen, sterben, vorbeigehen
fade - verfärben, Ausblendung; verblassen, nachlassen, verwelken
formless - formlos
blur - verschwimmen, verwischen, verschmieren, unscharf machen
spectral - spektral, Spektral-
uncanny - unheimlich, gruselig, seltsam, verstörend, Unheimliche
tinkle - klingeln, klimpern, Klingeln, Telefonat, Anruf, Pipi
lowing - sen; (low) tief, niedrig, nieder
herds - Herden; Herde
floated - getrieben; treiben, schwimmen, schweben, schwimmen, treiben
vanishing - verschwinden; (vanish) verschinden
cadences - Kadenzen; Rhythmus, Kadenz, Tonfall, Gleichschritt, Rhythmus
mournful - schwermütig; traurig, melancholisch, trübsinnig
complaining - beschweren; (complain); sich beschweren, klagen, sich beklagen
howl - Heulen, jaulen
viewless - ohne Aussicht
expanses - Weiten; Fläche, Ausdehnung, Weite
remote - ferngesteuert; fern, entfernt, abgelegen, fernbetrieb
companionless - gesellschaftslos; ohne Gefährte
measureless - maßlos; unermesslich
solitude - Einsamkeit, Alleinsein
He stumbled along, through the gruesome fascinations of this new experience, startled occasionally by the soft rustling of the dry leaves overhead, so like human whispers they seemed to sound; and by-and-by he came suddenly upon the freckled light of a tin lantern near at hand. He stepped back into the shadows and waited. The lantern stood by the open door of a barn. The King waited some time-there was no sound, and nobody stirring. He got so cold, standing still, and the hospitable barn looked so enticing, that at last he resolved to risk everything and enter. He started swiftly and stealthily, and just as he was crossing the threshold he heard voices behind him.
fascinations - Faszinationen; Faszination
rustling - (rustle) rascheln; (rustle); Rascheln, Rauschen, Knistern
freckled - sommersprossig; Sommersprosse, Fleckchen
lantern - Laterne
stirring - rührend; ergreifend, bewegend
hospitable - gastfreundlich, gastfrei
enticing - verlockend; überredend, abwerbend, lockend; (entice); locken
Swiftly - Zügig; schnell, flink, behände
Crossing - Kreuzung; Überfahrt; (cross); Kreuz; Kreuzzeichen; Kreuzung; Cross; Flanke; quer; entgegengesetzt
threshold - Schwelle, Türschwelle
He darted behind a cask, within the barn, and stooped down. Two farm-labourers came in, bringing the lantern with them, and fell to work, talking meanwhile. Whilst they moved about with the light, the King made good use of his eyes and took the bearings of what seemed to be a good-sized stall at the further end of the place, purposing to grope his way to it when he should be left to himself. He also noted the position of a pile of horse blankets, midway of the route, with the intent to levy upon them for the service of the crown of England for one night.
darted - geworfen; Pfeil, Satz
cask - Fass, Tonne
stooped - gekrümmt; Buckel, sich beugen
labourers - Arbeitskräfte; Arbeiter
Meanwhile - In der Zwischenzeit; währenddessen, inzwischen, derweil
stall - hinhalten; Strömungsabriss
purposing - mit dem Ziel; absicht, Absicht, Einsatzzweck, Zweck
grope - betatschen; tasten; tappen, herumtasten, begrapschen
midway - auf halbem Weg; Mitte, Mittelstraße
route - Route, Leitung, Strecke, Richtung; leiten, routen, lotsen
intent - Absicht
levy - Umlage; Erhebung; erheben
By-and-by the men finished and went away, fastening the door behind them and taking the lantern with them. The shivering King made for the blankets, with as Good speed as the darkness would allow; gathered them up, and then groped his way safely to the stall. Of two of the blankets he made a bed, then covered himself with the remaining two.
went away - (go away) fortgehen, weichen, verreisen
fastening - Befestigung; befestigend, anbindend; (fasten); befestigen
shivering - Frösteln; schlotternde, schlotternd
Good speed - Viel Erfolg!
darkness - Dunkelheit, Finsternis
allow - erlauben, zulassen, akzeptieren, mit einberechnen
groped - befummelt; tasten, tappen, herumtasten, begrapschen, grapschen
safely - sicher
He was a glad monarch, now, though the blankets were old and thin, and not quite warm enough; and besides gave out a pungent horsey odour that was almost suffocatingly powerful.
gave out - (give out) austeilen
pungent - stechend, beißend, penetrant
horsey - pferdig
odour - Geruch
suffocatingly - erstickend
powerful - mächtig
Although the King was hungry and chilly, he was also so tired and so drowsy that these latter influences soon began to get the advantage of the former, and he presently dozed off into a state of semi-consciousness. Then, just as he was on the point of losing himself wholly, he distinctly felt something touch him! He was broad awake in a moment, and gasping for breath. The cold horror of that mysterious touch in the dark almost made his heart stand still. He lay motionless, and listened, scarcely breathing. But nothing stirred, and there was no sound. He continued to listen, and wait, during what seemed a long time, but still nothing stirred, and there was no sound. So he began to drop into a drowse once more, at last; and all at once he felt that mysterious touch again! It was a grisly thing, this light touch from this noiseless and invisible presence; it made the boy sick with ghostly fears.
drowsy - schläfrig; einschläfernd; müde, langweilig, verschlafen, dösig
influences - Einflüsse; Einfluss, Beeinflussung, Einfluss, Beeinflusser
dozed - gedöst; Halbschlaf
semi - halb..
distinctly - deutlich
gasping - keuchend; (gasp); keuchen; japsen, prusten, Atemzug, Luftholen
mysterious - geheimnisvoll; mysteriös; rätselhaft
stand still - Stillstandszeit
drowse - schlummern
noiseless - geräuschlos
sick with - unwohl, krank an
ghostly - geisterhaft, spukhaft
What should he do? That was the question; but he did not know how to answer it. Should he leave these reasonably comfortable quarters and fly from this inscrutable horror? But fly whither? He could not get out of the barn; and the idea of scurrying blindly hither and thither in the dark, within the captivity of the four walls, with this phantom gliding after him, and visiting him with that soft hideous touch upon cheek or shoulder at every turn, was intolerable. But to stay where he was, and endure this living death all night-was that better? No. What, then, was there left to do? Ah, there was but one course; he knew it well-he must put out his hand and find that thing!
reasonably - vernünftig
inscrutable - undurchschaubar
scurrying - wuseln; hasten, huschen, vorbeihuschen
blindly - blindlings
phantom - Gespenst; Phantom
gliding - Segelfliegen; Segelflug
intolerable - unerträglich
living death - trostloses Dasein
It was easy to think this; but it was hard to brace himself up to try it. Three times he stretched his hand a little way out into the dark, gingerly; and snatched it suddenly back, with a gasp-not because it had encountered anything, but because he had felt so sure it was just going to. But the fourth time, he groped a little further, and his hand lightly swept against something soft and warm. This petrified him, nearly, with fright; his mind was in such a state that he could imagine the thing to be nothing else than a corpse, newly dead and still warm. He thought he would rather die than touch it again. But he thought this false thought because he did not know the immortal strength of human curiosity.
brace - Zahnspange; Klafter, Armspanne, Klammer, Spange, Klemme
gingerly - behutsam, sanft, vorsichtig, zimperlich
gasp - keuchen; japsen, prusten, Atemzug, Luftholen
lightly - leichtfertig; leicht
Petrified - Versteinert; versteinern, versteinern, erstarren
corpse - Leiche, Leichnam
newly - neu
immortal - unsterblich; unvergesslich
In no long time his hand was tremblingly groping again-against his judgment, and without his consent-but groping persistently on, just the same. It encountered a bunch of long hair; he shuddered, but followed up the hair and found what seemed to be a warm rope; followed up the rope and found an innocent calf!-for the rope was not a rope at all, but the calf’s tail.
tremblingly - zitternd
groping - Fummeln; tasten, tappen, herumtasten, begrapschen, grapschen
persistently - beharrliche, beharrlich
bunch - Bund, lowers, Traube, bündeln, anordnen
calf - Wade (Bein), Kalb
The King was cordially ashamed of himself for having gotten all that fright and misery out of so paltry a matter as a slumbering calf; but he need not have felt so about it, for it was not the calf that frightened him, but a dreadful non-existent something which the calf stood for; and any other boy, in those old superstitious times, would have acted and suffered just as he had done.
ashamed - schämen
gotten - bekommen
non - nicht..
existent - existent, existierend
acted - gehandelt; Handlung, Tat, Akt, Gesetz
The King was not only delighted to find that the creature was only a calf, but delighted to have the calf’s company; for he had been feeling so lonesome and friendless that the company and comradeship of even this humble animal were welcome. And he had been so buffeted, so rudely entreated by his own kind, that it was a real comfort to him to feel that he was at last in the society of a fellow-creature that had at least a soft heart and a gentle spirit, whatever loftier attributes might be lacking.
lonesome - einsam
comradeship - Kameradschaft
entreated - angefleht; ersuchen
Society - Gesellschaft
loftier - erhabener; hoch, qualifier
attributes - Attribute; Eigenschaft, Merkmal
be lacking - fehlen
So he resolved to waive rank and make friends with the calf.
waive - verzichten
make friends - anfreunden
While stroking its sleek warm back-for it lay near him and within easy reach-it occurred to him that this calf might be utilised in more ways than one.
stroking - streichelnd; (stroke) streichelnd
sleek - glatt; q
utilised - genutzt; nutzen, einsetzen, verwenden
Whereupon he re-arranged his bed, spreading it down close to the calf; then he cuddled himself up to the calf’s back, drew the covers up over himself and his friend, and in a minute or two was as warm and comfortable as he had ever been in the downy couches of the regal palace of Westminster.
arranged - vereinbart; arrangieren, systematisieren, aufstellen, ordnen
cuddled - gekuschelt; Kuscheln
downy - flaumig
couches - Liege
Pleasant thoughts came at once; life took on a cheerfuller seeming. He was free of the bonds of servitude and crime, free of the companionship of base and brutal outlaws; he was warm; he was sheltered; in a word, he was happy. The night wind was rising; it swept by in fitful gusts that made the old barn quake and rattle, then its forces died down at intervals, and went moaning and wailing around corners and projections-but it was all music to the King, now that he was snug and comfortable: let it blow and rage, let it batter and bang, let it moan and wail, he minded it not, he only enjoyed it.
cheerfuller - Fröhlicher; fröhlich, vergnügt, freundlich
Bonds - Anleihen; Bindung, Obligation, Pfandbrief; binden
servitude - Knechtschaft; Dienstbarkeit
companionship - Kameradschaft
brutal - brutal
outlaws - Geächtete; Verfemter, Ächtung, ächten, verbannen
fitful - unruhig; unregelmäßig
gusts - Böen; Windstoß, Bö
quake - Beben
rattle - klappern, rasseln, erschüteln, knattern
forces - Kräfte; zwingen, forcieren, erzwingen; Stärke, Macht, Einfluss
moaning - Stöhnen
corners - Ecken; Ecke, Winkel, Ecke, Ecke, Ecke, in die Enge treiben
projections - Projektionen; Vorsprung, Projizieren
batter - Teig; zerschlagen, ich/er/sie stieß ab, schlagen
bang - Peng; Schlag, Knall; knallen (derb koitieren), schlagen
He merely snuggled the closer to his friend, in a luxury of warm contentment, and drifted blissfully out of consciousness into a deep and dreamless sleep that was full of serenity and peace. The distant dogs howled, the melancholy kine complained, and the winds went on raging, whilst furious sheets of rain drove along the roof; but the Majesty of England slept on, undisturbed, and the calf did the same, it being a simple creature, and not easily troubled by storms or embarrassed by sleeping with a king.
merely - bloß, lediglich, nur, schier
snuggled - gekuschelt; drücken, kuscheln, liebkosen, kuscheln
luxury - Luxus
blissfully - glückseliges
dreamless - traumlos
serenity - Gelassenheit, Gleichmut, Klarheit, Heiterkeit, Abgeklärtheit
howled - geheult; Heulen
raging - wütend; Wut, Zorn, Raserei, Rage, wüten, rasen, toben, toben
sheets - Blätter; Blatt
slept on - überschlief
undisturbed - ungestört
When the King awoke in the early morning, he found that a wet but thoughtful rat had crept into the place during the night and made a cosy bed for itself in his bosom. Being disturbed now, it scampered away. The boy smiled, and said, "Poor fool, why so fearful? I am as forlorn as thou.
cosy - gemütlich, behaglich, wohlig
bosom - Busen, Brust, der Busenfreund (bosom buddy)
scampered - gehuscht; hetzen, herumhüpfen
fearful - furchtbar; furchtsam, ängstlich, verängstigt
’Twould be a sham in me to hurt the helpless, who am myself so helpless. Moreover, I owe you thanks for a good omen; for when a king has fallen so low that the very rats do make a bed of him, it surely meaneth that his fortunes be upon the turn, since it is plain he can no lower go."
sham - Schwindel; Schein., Fälschung
Moreover - außerdem, überdies, des Weiteren, obendrein
owe - schulden, schuldig sein
omen - Omen
make a bed - Bett machen
meaneth - bedeutet
fortunes - Schicksal
He got up and stepped out of the stall, and just then he heard the sound of children’s voices. The barn door opened and a couple of little girls came in. As soon as they saw him their talking and laughing ceased, and they stopped and stood still, gazing at him with strong curiosity; they presently began to whisper together, then they approached nearer, and stopped again to gaze and whisper. By-and-by they gathered courage and began to discuss him aloud.
stepped out - ausgeschritten
gazing at - anstarrend
One said-
"He hath a comely face."
The other added-
"And pretty hair."
"But is ill clothed enow."
"And how starved he looketh."
"Who art thou, boy?"
"I am the King," was the grave answer.
The children gave a little start, and their eyes spread themselves wide open and remained so during a speechless half minute. Then curiosity broke the silence-
"The King? What King?"
"The King of England."
The children looked at each other-then at him-then at each other again-wonderingly, perplexedly; then one said-
wonderingly - verwundert
"Didst hear him, Margery?-he said he is the King. Can that be true?"
"How can it be else but true, Prissy? Would he say a lie? For look you, Prissy, an’ it were not true, it would be a lie. It surely would be. Now think on’t. For all things that be not true, be lies-thou canst make nought else out of it."
Prissy - zimperlich, überkorrekt, spießig, brav, bieder
It was a good tight argument, without a leak in it anywhere; and it left Prissy’s half-doubts not a leg to stand on. She considered a moment, then put the King upon his honour with the simple remark-
tight - knapp, eng, dicht, tight, fest
leak - undicht
"If thou art truly the King, then I believe thee."
"I am truly the King."
This settled the matter.
His Majesty’s royalty was accepted without further question or discussion, and the two little girls began at once to inquire into how he came to be where he was, and how he came to be so unroyally clad, and whither he was bound, and all about his affairs. It was a mighty relief to him to pour out his troubles where they would not be scoffed at or doubted; so he told his tale with feeling, forgetting even his hunger for the time; and it was received with the deepest and tenderest sympathy by the gentle little maids. But when he got down to his latest experiences and they learned how long he had been without food, they cut him short and hurried him away to the farmhouse to find a breakfast for him.
accepted - akzeptiert; annehmen, abnehmen, akzeptieren, aufnehmen
discussion - Diskussion, Erörterung, Besprechung
unroyally - unroyal
pour out - ausschütten
scoffed at - verspottete
doubted - bezweifelt; bezweifeln, zweifeln, Zweifel
deepest - tiefsten; tief, tief, tief, tief, tief, tief, tief, tiefgründig
tenderest - am zartesten; empfindlich, Ausschreibung, Angebot
maids - Dienstmädchen; Mädchen
The King was cheerful and happy now, and said to himself, "When I am come to mine own again, I will always honour little children, remembering how that these trusted me and believed in me in my time of trouble; whilst they that were older, and thought themselves wiser, mocked at me and held me for a liar."
cheerful - fröhlich, vergnügt, freundlich
mocked - verspottet; Nachahmung, Imitation, Parodie, Veralberung
liar - Lügner, Lügnerin
The children’s mother received the King kindly, and was full of pity; for his forlorn condition and apparently crazed intellect touched her womanly heart.
crazed - durchgeknallt; Fimmel
intellect - Intellekt
womanly - weiblich, fraulich
She was a widow, and rather poor; consequently she had seen trouble enough to enable her to feel for the unfortunate. She imagined that the demented boy had wandered away from his friends or keepers; so she tried to find out whence he had come, in order that she might take measures to return him; but all her references to neighbouring towns and villages, and all her inquiries in the same line went for nothing-the boy’s face, and his answers, too, showed that the things she was talking of were not familiar to him. He spoke earnestly and simply about court matters, and broke down, more than once, when speaking of the late King ‘his father’; but whenever the conversation changed to baser topics, he lost interest and became silent.
widow - Witwe; Hurenkind
enable - berechtigen, befähigen, ermöglichen, anordnen, aktivieren
take measures - Maßnahmen ergreifen
references - Referenzen; Referenz, Referenz, Quelle, Referenz, referenzieren
baser - Bas
became silent - verstummte
The woman was mightily puzzled; but she did not give up. As she proceeded with her cooking, she set herself to contriving devices to surprise the boy into betraying his real secret. She talked about cattle-he showed no concern; then about sheep-the same result: so her guess that he had been a shepherd boy was an error; she talked about mills; and about weavers, tinkers, smiths, trades and tradesmen of all sorts; and about Bedlam, and jails, and charitable retreats: but no matter, she was baffled at all points. Not altogether, either; for she argued that she had narrowed the thing down to domestic service. Yes, she was sure she was on the right track, now; he must have been a house servant.
contriving - zu erfinden; ersinnen, entwerfen, bewerkstelligen
cattle - Kühe, Rinder, Rindvieh
shepherd - Schafhirte; Schäfer, Schafhirt, q
error - Fehler; Irrtum; aussteigen; fehlschlagen, misslingen
mills - Mühlen; Promille, 1/10 Prozent; Mühle, Fabrik; fräsen, anfräsen
weavers - Webereien; Weber, Weberin, Webervogel
tinkers - Kesselflicker, Kesselflickerin, tüfteln, frickeln
smiths - Schmiede; Schmidt, Schmied
tradesmen - Gewerbetreibende; Handwerker, Facharbeiter, gelernter Arbeiter
jails - Gefängnisse; Gefängnis
retreats - Rückzugsgebiete; Rückzug
baffled - verblüfft; verblüffen, verdutzen, verwirren, ratlos machen
argued - argumentiert; diskutieren, erörtern, streiten, argumentieren
narrowed - verengt; eng, schmal, knapp
domestic - häuslich, Haus
So she led up to that. But the result was discouraging. The subject of sweeping appeared to weary him; fire-building failed to stir him; scrubbing and scouring awoke no enthusiasm. The goodwife touched, with a perishing hope, and rather as a matter of form, upon the subject of cooking. To her surprise, and her vast delight, the King’s face lighted at once! Ah, she had hunted him down at last, she thought; and she was right proud, too, of the devious shrewdness and tact which had accomplished it.
discouraging - entmutigend; entmutigen, abschrecken, abraten, abraten von
scrubbing - Unterholz, Gestrüpp; auswaschen, scheuern, schrubben
scouring - Durchspülen; reinigend
perishing - untergehen; verderben, schlecht werden, umkommen
devious - heimtückisch, hinterrücks, unaufrichtig, verschlagen
shrewdness - Scharfsinn; Schlauheit
accomplished - vollendet; vollenden, vollenden, vollenden, vollenden
Her tired tongue got a chance to rest, now; for the King’s, inspired by gnawing hunger and the fragrant smells that came from the sputtering pots and pans, turned itself loose and delivered itself up to such an eloquent dissertation upon certain toothsome dishes, that within three minutes the woman said to herself, "Of a truth I was right-he hath holpen in a kitchen!" Then he broadened his bill of fare, and discussed it with such appreciation and animation, that the goodwife said to herself, "Good lack! how can he know so many dishes, and so fine ones withal?
inspired - inspiriert; inspirieren, inspirieren, beatmen, einhauchen
gnawing - abnagend, nagend; (gnaw); nagen, kauen, knabbern, verfolgen
smells - riecht; Geruch, Geruchssinn, t+Riechen
sputtering - Stottern; plappernd; (sputter); spucken; mit feuchter Aussprache sprechen
pots - Töpfe; Blumentopf
pans - Pfannen; Pfanne, Tiegel
eloquent - wortgewandt
dissertation - Doktorarbeit, Dissertation
toothsome - zahnschmeichelnd; schmackhaft
broadened - ausgeweitet; weiten
bill of fare - Speisekarte
For these belong only upon the tables of the rich and great. Ah, now I see! ragged outcast as he is, he must have served in the palace before his reason went astray; yes, he must have helped in the very kitchen of the King himself! I will test him."
Full of eagerness to prove her sagacity, she told the King to mind the cooking a moment-hinting that he might manufacture and add a dish or two, if he chose; then she went out of the room and gave her children a sign to follow after. The King muttered-
eagerness - Ungeduld; Eifer
sagacity - Klugheit; Weisheit
hinting - Andeutungen; Hinweis, Tipp, Wink, Fingerzeig, Anleitung
manufacture - Produktion, Herstellung, Produkt, herstellen, erzeugen
"Another English king had a commission like to this, in a bygone time-it is nothing against my dignity to undertake an office which the great Alfred stooped to assume. But I will try to better serve my trust than he; for he let the cakes burn."
bygone - vorbei; vergangen
undertake - unternehmen, ausführen, verpflichten
assume - annehmen, voraussetzen, vermuten, unterstellen
The intent was good, but the performance was not answerable to it, for this King, like the other one, soon fell into deep thinkings concerning his vast affairs, and the same calamity resulted-the cookery got burned. The woman returned in time to save the breakfast from entire destruction; and she promptly brought the King out of his dreams with a brisk and cordial tongue-lashing.
performance - Durchführung, Leistung, Aufführung, Auftritt, Performance
answerable - verantworten
cookery - kochen; Kochkunst
entire - vollständig; ganz, gesamt
cordial - herzlich; Sirup; Likör
Then, seeing how troubled he was over his violated trust, she softened at once, and was all goodness and gentleness toward him.
violated - verstoßen; verletzen, brechen, überschreiten, mißachten
softened - erweicht; aufweichen, weichen, aufweichen, weichen
The boy made a hearty and satisfying meal, and was greatly refreshed and gladdened by it. It was a meal which was distinguished by this curious feature, that rank was waived on both sides; yet neither recipient of the favour was aware that it had been extended. The goodwife had intended to feed this young tramp with broken victuals in a corner, like any other tramp or like a dog; but she was so remorseful for the scolding she had given him, that she did what she could to atone for it by allowing him to sit at the family table and eat with his betters, on ostensible terms of equality with them; and the King, on his side, was so remorseful for having broken his trust, after the family had been so kind to him, that he forced himself to atone for it by humbling himself to the family level, instead of requiring the woman and her children to stand and wait upon him, while he occupied their table in the solitary state due to his birth and dignity.
satisfying - zufriedenstellend; befriedigen, zufriedenstellen
gladdened - beglückt; freuen, erfreuen
distinguished - ausgezeichnet; unterscheiden, erkennen, auszeichnen
feature - sich auszeichnen durch, gekennzeichnet sein durch;Merkmal , Besonderheit , Eigenschaft ;Feuilleton (Artikel);etw. darbieten
waived - Verzichtet; verzichten
recipient - Empfänger, Empfängerin
extended - erweitert; erweitern, ausdehnen, erweitern, ausdehnen, ausweiten
remorseful - reumütig
scolding - ausschimpfend, zankend, scheltend; (scold); Beißzange
atone - sühnen; wiedergutmachen, kompensieren, Ersatz leisten
allowing - erlauben, zulassen, akzeptieren, erlauben, zulassen, erlauben
ostensible - vorgeblich
terms - Bedingungen; Termin, Semester, Begriff; Spielzeit
equality - Gleichheit; Gleichberechtigung
humbling - demütigend; (humble) demütigend
requiring - erfordern; verlangend, verlangt; (require); erfordern; brauchen
It does us all good to unbend sometimes. This good woman was made happy all the day long by the applauses which she got out of herself for her magnanimous condescension to a tramp; and the King was just as self-complacent over his gracious humility toward a humble peasant woman.
unbend - aufklappen
applauses - Applaus, Beifall
magnanimous - großmütig
complacent - selbstgefällig
humility - Bescheidenheit, Demut
peasant - arm
When breakfast was over, the housewife told the King to wash up the dishes. This command was a staggerer, for a moment, and the King came near rebelling; but then he said to himself, "Alfred the Great watched the cakes; doubtless he would have washed the dishes too-therefore will I essay it."
wash up - abspülen
staggerer - Taumler; (stagger) Staffelung
rebelling - rebellierend, aufbäumend; (rebel) rebellierend, aufbäumend
essay - Aufsatz; Versuch, Abhandlung
He made a sufficiently poor job of it; and to his surprise too, for the cleaning of wooden spoons and trenchers had seemed an easy thing to do. It was a tedious and troublesome piece of work, but he finished it at last. He was becoming impatient to get away on his journey now; however, he was not to lose this thrifty dame’s society so easily. She furnished him some little odds and ends of employment, which he got through with after a fair fashion and with some credit.
spoons - Löffelchen schlafen; Löffel
tedious - ermüdend, langweilig, langwierig, lästig
thrifty - sparsam
employment - Anstellung; Beschäftigung, Erwerbstätigkeit, Arbeit, Gebrauch
credit - Kredit; annehmen, für bare Münze nehmen, gutschreiben
Then she set him and the little girls to paring some winter apples; but he was so awkward at this service that she retired him from it and gave him a butcher knife to grind.
paring - schälend, Schälen; (par) schälend, Schälen
awkward - peinlich; ungeschickt, unbeholfen, umständlich, tollpatschig
butcher - niedermetzeln, niedermachen; Metzger, Schlächter
grind - schleifen; radieren (Reifen), ich/er/sie schliff ab; Plackerei
Afterwards she kept him carding wool until he began to think he had laid the good King Alfred about far enough in the shade for the present in the matter of showy menial heroisms that would read picturesquely in story-books and histories, and so he was half-minded to resign. And when, just after the noonday dinner, the goodwife gave him a basket of kittens to drown, he did resign.
Wool - Wolle
showy - protzig, auffällig, schreiend, grell
heroisms - Heldentaten; Heldenmut, Heroismus, Heldentum
resign - zurücktreten; aufgeben, resignieren, abdanken, verzichten (auf)
noonday - Mittag, Mittagszeit
basket - Korb
kittens - Kätzchen
drown - ertrinken; ertränken; überwältigen
At least he was just going to resign-for he felt that he must draw the line somewhere, and it seemed to him that to draw it at kitten-drowning was about the right thing-when there was an interruption. The interruption was John Canty-with a peddler’s pack on his back-and Hugo.
kitten - Kätzchen, Kätzlein, Katzenbaby
peddler - Hausierer; Schwätzer, Fabulant
The King discovered these rascals approaching the front gate before they had had a chance to see him; so he said nothing about drawing the line, but took up his basket of kittens and stepped quietly out the back way, without a word. He left the creatures in an out-house, and hurried on, into a narrow lane at the rear.
rascals - Gauner, Strolch, Bösewicht, Schurke, Bengel, Strolch, Schlingel
quietly - ruhig, leise
rear - hinten; Hinter.., hinterster, Heck, Rück..
The high hedge hid him from the house, now; and so, under the impulse of a deadly fright, he let out all his forces and sped toward a wood in the distance. He never looked back until he had almost gained the shelter of the forest; then he turned and descried two figures in the distance. That was sufficient; he did not wait to scan them critically, but hurried on, and never abated his pace till he was far within the twilight depths of the wood. Then he stopped; being persuaded that he was now tolerably safe. He listened intently, but the stillness was profound and solemn-awful, even, and depressing to the spirits. At wide intervals his straining ear did detect sounds, but they were so remote, and hollow, and mysterious, that they seemed not to be real sounds, but only the moaning and complaining ghosts of departed ones.
let out - durchgelassen;ausleben, herauslassen
sped - beschleunigt; Drehzahl, Gang, rasen, Tempo, Eile
Gained - Gewonnen; Gewinn, Zunahme, Verstärkung; erwerben, gewinnen
descried - entziffert; wahrnehmen, erkennen, entdecken, herauslesen
scan - scannen, abtasten, einscannen, skandieren, Abtastung, Scan
critically - kritisch
abated - nachgelassen; vermindern, verzehren (Rauch), verringern
depths - Untiefen; Tiefe
intently - angespannt, aufmerksam, konzentriert
straining - anspannend, anstrengend; (strain) anspannend, anstrengend
hollow - hohl, dumpf
ghosts - Gespenst
So the sounds were yet more dreary than the silence which they interrupted.
And how glad he was when at last he caught the glimmer of a light! He approached it warily, stopping often to look about him and listen. It came from an unglazed window-opening in a shabby little hut. He heard a voice, now, and felt a disposition to run and hide; but he changed his mind at once, for this voice was praying, evidently. He glided to the one window of the hut, raised himself on tiptoe, and stole a glance within. The room was small; its floor was the natural earth, beaten hard by use; in a corner was a bed of rushes and a ragged blanket or two; near it was a pail, a cup, a basin, and two or three pots and pans; there was a short bench and a three-legged stool; on the hearth the remains of a faggot fire were smouldering; before a shrine, which was lighted by a single candle, knelt an aged man, and on an old wooden box at his side lay an open book and a human skull.
glimmer - Schimmern; Schimmer; glimmern
unglazed - unglasiert
hut - Hütte
disposition - Neigung, Gesinnung, Hang, Veranlagung, Einteilung
praying - flehend, betend; (pray) flehend, betend
glided - geglitten; gleiten, gleiten, gleiten lassen
on tiptoe - auf Zehenspitzen
rushes - eilt; stürzen, drängen, hetzen, rasen; Eile, Andrang
pail - Eimer
Bench - Bank, Sitzbank, Richter
stool - Stuhl, Kot, Hocker
hearth - Feuerstelle, Herdboden, Grund, Kaminboden
faggot - Schwuchtel; Brennholz, Scheit, Reisigbündel, Arschloch
smouldering - glimmend, schwelend; (smoulder) glimmend, schwelend
shrine - Heiligtum; q
skull - Totenschädel, Totenkopf, Schädel
The man was of large, bony frame; his hair and whiskers were very long and snowy white; he was clothed in a robe of sheepskins which reached from his neck to his heels.
bony - knöchern; grätig; knochig
sheepskins - Schafsfelle; Schafspelz, Schaffell
"A holy hermit!" said the King to himself; "now am I indeed fortunate."
fortunate - glücklich; günstig, verheißungsvoll
The hermit rose from his knees; the King knocked. A deep voice responded-
knocked - angeklopft; Klopfen
"Enter!-but leave sin behind, for the ground whereon thou shalt stand is holy!"
whereon - worauf
The King entered, and paused. The hermit turned a pair of gleaming, unrestful eyes upon him, and said-
paused - innegehalten; pausieren, innehalten, pausieren, Pause
gleaming - durchschimmernd, schimmernd, glänzend; (gleam) durchschimmernd
unrestful - unruhig
"Who art thou?"
"I am the King," came the answer, with placid simplicity.
placid - ruhig, friedlich, sanft
"Welcome, King!" cried the hermit, with enthusiasm. Then, bustling about with feverish activity, and constantly saying, "Welcome, welcome," he arranged his bench, seated the King on it, by the hearth, threw some faggots on the fire, and finally fell to pacing the floor with a nervous stride.
bustling - emsig; hastend; (bustle); Hektik; hasten
feverish - fiebrig, febril, fieberhaft
faggots - Schwuchteln; Brennholz
pacing - Taktung; Tempo, Stufe, Schritt
"Welcome! Many have sought sanctuary here, but they were not worthy, and were turned away. But a King who casts his crown away, and despises the vain splendours of his office, and clothes his body in rags, to devote his life to holiness and the mortification of the flesh-he is worthy, he is welcome!-here shall he abide all his days till death come." The King hastened to interrupt and explain, but the hermit paid no attention to him-did not even hear him, apparently, but went right on with his talk, with a raised voice and a growing energy. "And thou shalt be at peace here. None shall find out thy refuge to disquiet thee with supplications to return to that empty and foolish life which God hath moved thee to abandon.
sanctuary - Zufluchtsort; Zuflucht, Herberge, Asyl
casts - gießt; werfen, wegwerfen, hinwerfen, gießen, Cast, Besetzung
despises - verachtet; verachten
devote - widmen
holiness - Heiligkeit
abide - aushalten; ausstehen, ertragen, zahlen, verbleiben, weilen
till death - bis in den Tod
hastened - beeilt; hasten, beeilen
interrupt - unterbrechen
attention - Aufmerksamkeit, Beachtung, Wachsamkeit, Achtung, Habachtstellung
refuge - Zuflucht; Herberge
abandon - aufgeben; im Stich lassen, preisgeben, verlassen, abbrechen
Thou shalt pray here; thou shalt study the Book; thou shalt meditate upon the follies and delusions of this world, and upon the sublimities of the world to come; thou shalt feed upon crusts and herbs, and scourge thy body with whips, daily, to the purifying of thy soul. Thou shalt wear a hair shirt next thy skin; thou shalt drink water only; and thou shalt be at peace; yes, wholly at peace; for whoso comes to seek thee shall go his way again, baffled; he shall not find thee, he shall not molest thee."
meditate - meditieren
delusions - Wahnvorstellungen; Täuschung, Irreführung, Wahn, Täuschung
sublimities - Erhabenheiten; Erhabenheit
herbs - Kräuter; Kraut
scourge - Plage, Geißel, Last, Bürde
whips - Peitsche, Knute, Zagel, peitschen, auspeitschen, anpeitschen
purifying - reinigen, rein machen
skin - Haut, tHäutchen, Design, Fell
The old man, still pacing back and forth, ceased to speak aloud, and began to mutter. The King seized this opportunity to state his case; and he did it with an eloquence inspired by uneasiness and apprehension. But the hermit went on muttering, and gave no heed. And still muttering, he approached the King and said impressively-
eloquence - Redegewandtheit, Eloquenz, Sprachfertigkeit, Beredsamkeit
heed - beachtet; beherzigen, beachten
impressively - eindrucksvoll
"‘Sh! I will tell you a secret!" He bent down to impart it, but checked himself, and assumed a listening attitude. After a moment or two he went on tiptoe to the window-opening, put his head out, and peered around in the gloaming, then came tiptoeing back again, put his face close down to the King’s, and whispered-
impart - übermitteln; weitergeben, gewähren, mitteilen, vermitteln
assumed - angenommen; annehmen, voraussetzen, vermuten, unterstellen
attitude - Haltung; Einstellung, Attitüde, Orientierung, Ausrichtung
peered - spähte; seinesgleichen, Beaufsichtigende; schielen, starren
gloaming - düster; Dämmerung
tiptoeing - auf Zehenspitzen gehen; Zehenspitze, auf den Zehenspitzen gehen
"I am an archangel!"
Archangel - Erzengel
The King started violently, and said to himself, "Would God I were with the outlaws again; for lo, now am I the prisoner of a madman!" His apprehensions were heightened, and they showed plainly in his face. In a low excited voice the hermit continued-
violently - gewaltsam; gewalttätig
apprehensions - Befürchtungen; Greifen
heightened - verschärft; erhöhen, vergrößern
"I see you feel my atmosphere! There’s awe in your face! None may be in this atmosphere and not be thus affected; for it is the very atmosphere of heaven. I go thither and return, in the twinkling of an eye. I was made an archangel on this very spot, it is five years ago, by angels sent from heaven to confer that awful dignity. Their presence filled this place with an intolerable brightness. And they knelt to me, King! yes, they knelt to me! for I was greater than they. I have walked in the courts of heaven, and held speech with the patriarchs. Touch my hand-be not afraid-touch it. There-now thou hast touched a hand which has been clasped by Abraham and Isaac and Jacob! For I have walked in the golden courts; I have seen the Deity face to face!
affected - betroffen; beeinträchtigen, eine Vorliebe haben für, bewohnen
in the twinkling of an eye - im Handumdrehen
spot - Fleck, Punkt, Pickel, Pustel, Bisschen, Stelle, Ort, Werbespot
confer - übertragen, erteilen, verleihen, beraten, konferieren
place with - vergeben
brightness - Funkeln, Glanz, Helligkeit, Aufgewecktheit
Courts - Gerichte; Hof, Hof, Hof, Hofstaat, Hof, Gericht
patriarchs - Patriarchen; Patriarch, Patriarch, Erzvater
Abraham - Abraham
Isaac - Isaak, Isaak
Jacob - Jakob, Jakob
Deity - Gott, Gottheit
He paused, to give this speech effect; then his face suddenly changed, and he started to his feet again saying, with angry energy, "Yes, I am an archangel; a mere archangel!-I that might have been pope! It is verily true. I was told it from heaven in a dream, twenty years ago; ah, yes, I was to be pope!-and I should have been pope, for Heaven had said it-but the King dissolved my religious house, and I, poor obscure unfriended monk, was cast homeless upon the world, robbed of my mighty destiny!" Here he began to mumble again, and beat his forehead in futile rage, with his fist; now and then articulating a venomous curse, and now and then a pathetic "Wherefore I am nought but an archangel-I that should have been pope!"
pope - Papst
religious - religiös, gläubig, Ordensmitglied, Ordensleute
obscure - obskur, dunkel, vernebelt, finster
destiny - das Schicksal; Los, Geschick, Schicksal
mumble - murmeln, nuscheln, mümmeln, Murmeln
beat - schlagen; Schlag; jdn. bezwingen
futile - sinnlos, vergeblich
articulating - wortgewandt; artikulieren, deutlich aussprechen
venomous - giftig
So he went on, for an hour, whilst the poor little King sat and suffered. Then all at once the old man’s frenzy departed, and he became all gentleness. His voice softened, he came down out of his clouds, and fell to prattling along so simply and so humanly, that he soon won the King’s heart completely.
frenzy - Raserei; Wahn, Rausch, Wut
prattling - Geplauder; plaudernd, Gelaber
humanly - menschlich
completely - vollständig, völlig, ganz, vollumfänglich
The old devotee moved the boy nearer to the fire and made him comfortable; doctored his small bruises and abrasions with a deft and tender hand; and then set about preparing and cooking a supper-chatting pleasantly all the time, and occasionally stroking the lad’s cheek or patting his head, in such a gently caressing way that in a little while all the fear and repulsion inspired by the archangel were changed to reverence and affection for the man.
devotee - Bewunderer, Enthusiast, Fan, Anhänger
abrasions - Abschürfungen; Abrasion, Abschürfen
tender - zärtlich; empfindlich, Ausschreibung, Angebot, zart; andienen
supper - Abendbrot; Abendessen
patting - tätscheln; Pat
caressing - streicheln; liebkosend
repulsion - Abstoßung, Repulsion, Abscheu
This happy state of things continued while the two ate the supper; then, after a prayer before the shrine, the hermit put the boy to bed, in a small adjoining room, tucking him in as snugly and lovingly as a mother might; and so, with a parting caress, left him and sat down by the fire, and began to poke the brands about in an absent and aimless way.
adjoining room - Nebenzimmer
tucking - zurückstreifen, einklemmen; Bundfalte
snugly - behaglich, gemütlich, mollig
caress - Liebkosung, Umarmung, Streicheln, liebkosen
poke - stoßen, stecken, stöbern
brands - Marken; Brandzeichen
aimless - planlos, ziellos
Presently he paused; then tapped his forehead several times with his fingers, as if trying to recall some thought which had escaped from his mind. Apparently he was unsuccessful. Now he started quickly up, and entered his guest’s room, and said-
unsuccessful - erfolglos
"Thou art King?"
"Yes," was the response, drowsily uttered.
"What King?"
"Of England."
"Of England? Then Henry is gone!"
"Alack, it is so. I am his son."
A black frown settled down upon the hermit’s face, and he clenched his bony hands with a vindictive energy. He stood a few moments, breathing fast and swallowing repeatedly, then said in a husky voice-
frown - Stirnrunzeln; die Stirn runzeln
clenched - geballt; ballen
vindictive - rachsüchtig
swallowing - schlucken, verschlingen, anbeißen, einstecken
repeatedly - wiederholt
husky - Schlittenhund, kräftig
"Dost know it was he that turned us out into the world houseless and homeless?"
There was no response. The old man bent down and scanned the boy’s reposeful face and listened to his placid breathing. "He sleeps-sleeps soundly;" and the frown vanished away and gave place to an expression of evil satisfaction. A smile flitted across the dreaming boy’s features. The hermit muttered, "So-his heart is happy;" and he turned away. He went stealthily about the place, seeking here and there for something; now and then halting to listen, now and then jerking his head around and casting a quick glance toward the bed; and always muttering, always mumbling to himself.
reposeful - erholsam
flitted - geflattert; gaukeln
features - Merkmale; Besonderheit, Charakteristikum
halting - anhaltend, zögerlich; (halt) anhaltend, zögerlich
jerking - Ruckeln; stoßweise, zusammenzuckend
casting - Gießerei, Abguss, Rollenbesetzung; (cast); werfen; wegwerfen
At last he found what he seemed to want-a rusty old butcher knife and a whetstone. Then he crept to his place by the fire, sat himself down, and began to whet the knife softly on the stone, still muttering, mumbling, ejaculating. The winds sighed around the lonely place, the mysterious voices of the night floated by out of the distances. The shining eyes of venturesome mice and rats peered out at the old man from cracks and coverts, but he went on with his work, rapt, absorbed, and noted none of these things.
whetstone - Schleifstein, Wetzstein, Abziehstein
ejaculating - ejakulieren, ejakulieren, Ejakulat
distances - Entfernungen; Distanz, Entfernung, Abstand, Ferne, Weite
venturesome - waghalsig
cracks - Risse; Riss, Knall, Aufbruch, Bresche; aufbrechen, knallen
coverts - verdeckt, Versteck
rapt - entzückt; hingerissen, gebannt, fasziniert, begeistert
At long intervals he drew his thumb along the edge of his knife, and nodded his head with satisfaction. "It grows sharper," he said; "yes, it grows sharper."
thumb - Daumen; durchblättern
sharper - schärfer; (sharp); scharf; scharfsinning; spitz, -is, hoch
He took no note of the flight of time, but worked tranquilly on, entertaining himself with his thoughts, which broke out occasionally in articulate speech-
articulate - wortgewandt; artikulieren, deutlich aussprechen
"His father wrought us evil, he destroyed us-and is gone down into the eternal fires! Yes, down into the eternal fires! He escaped us-but it was God’s will, yes it was God’s will, we must not repine. But he hath not escaped the fires! No, he hath not escaped the fires, the consuming, unpitying, remorseless fires-and they are everlasting!"
destroyed - zerstört; zerstören, vernichten, qualifier
eternal - ewig
repine - abstoßen; murren
consuming - konsumieren; verbrauchend, verbrauchen
unpitying - mitleidslos
remorseless - erbarmungslos; unbarmherzig, hartherzig
everlasting - ewig; endlos
And so he wrought, and still wrought-mumbling, chuckling a low rasping chuckle at times-and at times breaking again into words-
chuckling - glucksend, kichernd; (chuckle) glucksend, kichernd
rasping - kratzend, raspelnd; (rasp) kratzend, raspelnd
chuckle - leises Lachen, Glucksen, glucken (Henne); glucksen
"It was his father that did it all. I am but an archangel; but for him I should be pope!"
The King stirred. The hermit sprang noiselessly to the bedside, and went down upon his knees, bending over the prostrate form with his knife uplifted. The boy stirred again; his eyes came open for an instant, but there was no speculation in them, they saw nothing; the next moment his tranquil breathing showed that his sleep was sound once more.
bedside - am Krankenbett; Krankenbett
bending - beugend, biegend; (bend); beugen; biegen, durchbiegen, Kurve
speculation - Spekulationen; Spekulation, Betrachtung
The hermit watched and listened, for a time, keeping his position and scarcely breathing; then he slowly lowered his arms, and presently crept away, saying,-
lowered - gesenkt; niedriger, niedrigerer
"It is long past midnight; it is not best that he should cry out, lest by accident someone be passing."
He glided about his hovel, gathering a rag here, a thong there, and another one yonder; then he returned, and by careful and gentle handling he managed to tie the King’s ankles together without waking him. Next he essayed to tie the wrists; he made several attempts to cross them, but the boy always drew one hand or the other away, just as the cord was ready to be applied; but at last, when the archangel was almost ready to despair, the boy crossed his hands himself, and the next moment they were bound.
gathering - Erfassung, Sammeln, Lese; (gather); sammeln, versammeln
thong - Lederriemen; Tanga, Tangaslip, Flipflops, Flip-Flops
handling - Handhabung; Fahrverhalten, Warenumschlag
managed - verwaltet; verwalten, leiten, hinbekommen, schaffen, schaffen
tie - Unentschieden; zusammenbinden
ankles - Knöchel, Fußknöchel
essayed - aufgeschrieben; Versuch, Abhandlung
cord - Schnur, Kordel, Strick, Kabel, Litze
applied - angewendet; zutreffen, auflegen, anwenden, anlegen
Now a bandage was passed under the sleeper’s chin and brought up over his head and tied fast-and so softly, so gradually, and so deftly were the knots drawn together and compacted, that the boy slept peacefully through it all without stirring.
bandage - Pflaster; Verband; bandagieren
knots - Knoten, Knäuel
compacted - verdichtet; zusammengedrängt
The old man glided away, stooping, stealthy, cat-like, and brought the low bench.
stooping - Bücken; Buckel, sich beugen
stealthy - geheim, heimlich, verstohlen
He seated himself upon it, half his body in the dim and flickering light, and the other half in shadow; and so, with his craving eyes bent upon the slumbering boy, he kept his patient vigil there, heedless of the drift of time, and softly whetted his knife, and mumbled and chuckled; and in aspect and attitude he resembled nothing so much as a grizzly, monstrous spider, gloating over some hapless insect that lay bound and helpless in his web.
flickering - flimmern, flattern, flackern
vigil - Wache, Nachtwache, Vigil, Mahnwache
drift - Drift; driften, treiben, irren, ziellos ziehen, ziellos wandern
whetted - erregt; wetzen
chuckled - gekichert; leises Lachen, Glucksen, glucken (Henne); glucksen
grizzly - Graubär, gräulich
monstrous - ungeheuerlich, monströs, grotesk, monsterhaft, monsterartig
spider - Spinne
gloating - schadenfroh; hämisch freuen, sich weiden, sich diebisch freuen
insect - Insekt, Kerbtier
web - Netz; Web
After a long while, the old man, who was still gazing,-yet not seeing, his mind having settled into a dreamy abstraction,-observed, on a sudden, that the boy’s eyes were open! wide open and staring!-staring up in frozen horror at the knife. The smile of a gratified devil crept over the old man’s face, and he said, without changing his attitude or his occupation-
dreamy - verträumt, traumhaft, zum Träumen
abstraction - Abstraktion
frozen - eingefroren; frieren
gratified - befriedigt; befriedigen, erfreuen
occupation - Beschäftigung, Beruf, Besatzung; Besetzung; q
"Son of Henry the Eighth, hast thou prayed?"
Eighth - achte; Achtel
The boy struggled helplessly in his bonds, and at the same time forced a smothered sound through his closed jaws, which the hermit chose to interpret as an affirmative answer to his question.
helplessly - hilflose
jaws - Kiefer, Maul
Interpret - interpretieren; dolmetschen, übersetzen
affirmative - Bejaht; affirmativ; affirmativer Satz
"Then pray again. Pray the prayer for the dying!"
dying - (to die) sterben, umkommen; (dye) (to die) sterben, umkommen
A shudder shook the boy’s frame, and his face blenched. Then he struggled again to free himself-turning and twisting himself this way and that; tugging frantically, fiercely, desperately-but uselessly-to burst his fetters; and all the while the old ogre smiled down upon him, and nodded his head, and placidly whetted his knife; mumbling, from time to time, "The moments are precious, they are few and precious-pray the prayer for the dying!
blenched - geblendet; zurückschrecken
twisting - (to twist) drehen
tugging - zerrt; zerrend; (tug); zerren; schleppen; Ruck
frantically - verzweifelt
desperately - verzweifelt
uselessly - nutzlos
fetters - Fesseln; Fessel; q
placidly - sanften, friedlichen, sanft
The boy uttered a despairing groan, and ceased from his struggles, panting. The tears came, then, and trickled, one after the other, down his face; but this piteous sight wrought no softening effect upon the savage old man.
despairing - verzweifelt; verzweifeln, Verzweiflung
struggles - Kämpfe; Kampf, Gefecht
panting - hechelnd; hecheln, keucheln
trickled - getropft; Rinnsal
piteous - Mitleid erregend, erbärmlich, herzzerreißend
softening - Erweichung; weich werdend, aufweichend; (soften); aufweichen
The dawn was coming now; the hermit observed it, and spoke up sharply, with a touch of nervous apprehension in his voice-
"I may not indulge this ecstasy longer! The night is already gone. It seems but a moment-only a moment; would it had endured a year! Seed of the Church’s spoiler, close thy perishing eyes, an’ thou fearest to look upon-"
indulge - nachgeben, erliegen, frönen, hätscheln, verwöhnen
ecstasy - Ekstase; Ecstasy, Teile, Pillen
seed - säen; Saatgut, Same, Saat, Samen
spoiler - Spoiler; Störklappe
The rest was lost in inarticulate mutterings. The old man sank upon his knees, his knife in his hand, and bent himself over the moaning boy.
mutterings - Gemurmel; murmeln, brummeln
Hark! There was a sound of voices near the cabin-the knife dropped from the hermit’s hand; he cast a sheepskin over the boy and started up, trembling. The sounds increased, and presently the voices became rough and angry; then came blows, and cries for help; then a clatter of swift footsteps, retreating. Immediately came a succession of thundering knocks upon the cabin door, followed by-
cabin - Hütte, Blockhütte, Kabine, Kajüte
sheepskin - Schafspelz, Schaffell, Schafsfell, Schafleder
started up - aufgefahren
increased - erhöht; zunehmen, steigen, ansteigen, wachsen, anwachsen
cries for help - Hilferufe
clatter - klappern, poltern, Geklapper, Gepolter, Klappern
Footsteps - Fußstapfen; Fußabdruck, Schritt
retreating - den Rückzug antreten; Rückzug
"Hullo-o-o! Open! And despatch, in the name of all the devils!"
Hullo - Hallo!
despatch - Versenden; Tötung
Oh, this was the blessedest sound that had ever made music in the King’s ears; for it was Miles Hendon’s voice!
blessedest - am gesegnetsten; gesegnet, selig
made music - musizierte
The hermit, grinding his teeth in impotent rage, moved swiftly out of the bedchamber, closing the door behind him; and straightway the King heard a talk, to this effect, proceeding from the ‘chapel’:-
grinding - reibend, Aufrauhen, Aufreiben, schleifend; (grind) reibend
impotent - impotent
chapel - Kapelle
"Homage and greeting, reverend sir! Where is the boy-my boy?"
Reverend - Hochwürden
"What boy, friend?"
"What boy! Lie me no lies, sir priest, play me no deceptions!-I am not in the humour for it. Near to this place I caught the scoundrels who I judged did steal him from me, and I made them confess; they said he was at large again, and they had tracked him to your door. They showed me his very footprints. Now palter no more; for look you, holy sir, an’ thou produce him not-Where is the boy?"
deceptions - Täuschungen; Betrug, Betrügerei, Täuschung
scoundrels - Schurken; Schurke, Gauner, Gaunerin, Halunke
judged - verurteilt; urteilen (nach), richten; Richter, Jurist
tracked - aufgespürt; Spur, Fußspur, Fußsohle, Trampelpfad, Bahn, Bahn
footprints - Fußabdrücke; Fußabdruck, Fußspur, Fußstapfen, Profil
produce - produzieren, herstellen, vorlegen, Produkt, Obst und Gemüse
"O good sir, peradventure you mean the ragged regal vagrant that tarried here the night. If such as you take an interest in such as he, know, then, that I have sent him of an errand. He will be back anon."
"How soon? How soon? Come, waste not the time-cannot I overtake him? How soon will he be back?"
"Thou need’st not stir; he will return quickly."
"So be it, then. I will try to wait. But stop!-you sent him of an errand?-you! Verily this is a lie-he would not go. He would pull thy old beard, an’ thou didst offer him such an insolence. Thou hast lied, friend; thou hast surely lied! He would not go for thee, nor for any man."
beard - Bart; Alibifreundin
"For any man-no; haply not. But I am not a man."
haply - zufällig; wahllos
"What! Now o’ God’s name what art thou, then?"
"It is a secret-mark thou reveal it not. I am an archangel!"
reveal - enthüllen; offenbaren
There was a tremendous ejaculation from Miles Hendon-not altogether unprofane-followed by-
unprofane - unprofessionell
"This doth well and truly account for his complaisance! Right well I knew he would budge nor hand nor foot in the menial service of any mortal; but, lord, even a king must obey when an archangel gives the word o’ command! Let me-‘sh! What noise was that?"
complaisance - Wohlwollen; Gefälligkeit
budge - nachgeben; bewegen, rühren
mortal - sterblich; tödlich; Sterblicher, Sterbliche
"Noise? I heard only the wind."
"Mayhap it was. Yes, doubtless that was it. I have been hearing it faintly all the-there it is again! It is not the wind! What an odd sound! Come, we will hunt it out!"
faintly - kaum, schwach, entfernt, leicht
hunt - jagen; suchen; Jagd
Now the King’s joy was nearly insupportable. His tired lungs did their utmost-and hopefully, too-but the sealed jaws and the muffling sheepskin sadly crippled the effort. Then the poor fellow’s heart sank, to hear the hermit say-
lungs - Lunge
hopefully - hoffentlich
muffling - Schalldämpfer; umhüllend
"Ah, it came from without-I think from the copse yonder. Come, I will lead the way."
copse - Gehölz; Busch, Gebüsch, Dickicht
The King heard the two pass out, talking; heard their footsteps die quickly away-then he was alone with a boding, brooding, awful silence.
boding - Vorahnung; prophezeiend; (bod) Vorahnung; prophezeiend
brooding - grüblerisch, grübelnd; (brood); Brut; brüten, grübeln
It seemed an age till he heard the steps and voices approaching again-and this time he heard an added sound,-the trampling of hoofs, apparently. Then he heard Hendon say-
trampling - zerstampfend, Getrampel, trampelnd; (trample); trampeln
hoofs - Hufe; Huf
"I will not wait longer. I cannot wait longer. He has lost his way in this thick wood. Which direction took he? Quick-point it out to me."
lost his way - verirrtet
"He-but wait; I will go with thee."
"Good-good! Why, truly thou art better than thy looks. Marry I do not think there’s not another archangel with so right a heart as thine. Wilt ride? Wilt take the wee donkey that’s for my boy, or wilt thou fork thy holy legs over this ill-conditioned slave of a mule that I have provided for myself?-and had been cheated in too, had he cost but the indifferent sum of a month’s usury on a brass farthing let to a tinker out of work."
wee - Pipi machen
donkey - Esel; Grauchen
fork - gabeln, aufspalten; Aufspaltung, Gabelung, Gabel
mule - Schlappen, Maultier
usury - Wucher, Wucherzins, Wucherei, Zinswucher
brass - Messingschild
"No-ride thy mule, and lead thine ass; I am surer on mine own feet, and will walk."
ass - Arsch, Esel, Dummkopf
"Then prithee mind the little beast for me while I take my life in my hands and make what success I may toward mounting the big one."
beast - Tier, Bestie, Unmensch, Biest
mounting - Befestigung; ersteigend, Halterung
Then followed a confusion of kicks, cuffs, tramplings and plungings, accompanied by a thunderous intermingling of volleyed curses, and finally a bitter apostrophe to the mule, which must have broken its spirit, for hostilities seemed to cease from that moment.
confusion - Verwirrung, Durcheinander, Konfusion, Verwechslung
kicks - treten, (Pferd) ausschlagen; Stoß
tramplings - Trampelpfade
plungings - Tauchgänge; tauchend
intermingling - Vermischung; vermischen
volleyed - Salve, Volley
curses - Verfluchungen; verfluchen, fluchen, verdammen; Fluch
apostrophe - ein Apostroph; Hochkomma, Auslassungszeichen
hostilities - Feindseligkeiten; Feindseligkeit, Feindschaft
With unutterable misery the fettered little King heard the voices and footsteps fade away and die out. All hope forsook him, now, for the moment, and a dull despair settled down upon his heart. "My only friend is deceived and got rid of," he said; "the hermit will return and-" He finished with a gasp; and at once fell to struggling so frantically with his bonds again, that he shook off the smothering sheepskin.
unutterable - unaussprechlich
fettered - gefesselt; Fessel; q
fade away - abebben, abklingen
die out - aussterben
forsook - aufgegeben; aufgeben
deceived - getäuscht; betrügen, täuschen
rid - loswerden; befreien
shook off - (shake off) abschütteln
smothering - erdrücken; ersticken
And now he heard the door open! The sound chilled him to the marrow-already he seemed to feel the knife at his throat. Horror made him close his eyes; horror made him open them again-and before him stood John Canty and Hugo!
He would have said "Thank God!" if his jaws had been free.
A moment or two later his limbs were at liberty, and his captors, each gripping him by an arm, were hurrying him with all speed through the forest.
limbs - Gliedmaßen; Schenkel (geol. Falte), Glied
liberty - Freiheit
captors - Entführer, Fänger
gripping - fesselnd; packen, fassen; Griffigkeit, Heft (von Säge, Feile)
hurrying - Beeilung; beeilend, eilend; (hurry); Eile; beeilen
Once more ‘King Foo-foo the First’ was roving with the tramps and outlaws, a butt for their coarse jests and dull-witted railleries, and sometimes the victim of small spitefulness at the hands of Canty and Hugo when the Ruffler’s back was turned. None but Canty and Hugo really disliked him. Some of the others liked him, and all admired his pluck and spirit. During two or three days, Hugo, in whose ward and charge the King was, did what he covertly could to make the boy uncomfortable; and at night, during the customary orgies, he amused the company by putting small indignities upon him-always as if by accident.
roving - Umherstreifen; umherschweifend; (rove) Umherstreifen; umherschweifend
butt - Hintern; stoßen; Kippe, Po
witted - geistreich; (wit) nämlich, und zwar
railleries - Spötteleien, Spöttelei, Spötterei
spitefulness - Gehässigkeit, Boshaftigkeit, Bosheit
disliked - nicht mochte; Unbehagen
covertly - im Verborgenen; heimliche
orgies - Orgien; Orgie, Orgie
indignities - Demütigungen; Entwürdigung
Twice he stepped upon the King’s toes-accidentally-and the King, as became his royalty, was contemptuously unconscious of it and indifferent to it; but the third time Hugo entertained himself in that way, the King felled him to the ground with a cudgel, to the prodigious delight of the tribe. Hugo, consumed with anger and shame, sprang up, seized a cudgel, and came at his small adversary in a fury. Instantly a ring was formed around the gladiators, and the betting and cheering began.
toes - Zehen; Zeh, Zehe, Zeh, Zehe, Spur, Vorspur (5)
entertained - unterhalten
felled - abgeholzt; jdn. hinstrecken; fiel, gefallen
consumed - verbraucht; verbrauchen, verzehren, verzehren, aufnehmen
sprang up - (spring up) aus dem Boden schießen, (Wind) aufkommen
adversary - Gegner, Gegnerin, Widersacher, Widersacherin
gladiators - Gladiatoren; Gladiator
betting - Wetten; (bet); Wetten
cheering - anfeuern, jauchzen, aufmuntern, jubeln
But poor Hugo stood No chance whatever. His frantic and lubberly ‘prentice-work found but a poor market for itself when pitted against an arm which had been trained by the first masters of Europe in single-stick, quarter-staff, and every art and trick of swordsmanship. The little King stood, alert but at graceful ease, and caught and turned aside the thick rain of blows with a facility and precision which set the motley on-lookers wild with admiration; and every now and then, when his practised eye detected an opening, and a lightning-swift rap upon Hugo’s head followed as a result, the storm of cheers and laughter that swept the place was something wonderful to hear.
No chance - Ist nicht drin!, Unmöglich!
lubberly - gummiartig; ungeschickt, ungeübt
pitted - entsteint; Fallgrube, Schachtgrube, Box (Sport)
swordsmanship - Fechtkunst; Schwertkunst
alert - alarmiert; alarmieren; Alarm, Warnton, Alarmruf, wachsam
precision - Präzision, Genauigkeit, Messpräzision, Wiederholgenauigkeit
lookers - Gucker; (look) Blick, siehe
detected - entdeckt; finden, ermitteln, aufspüren, entdecken, erkennen
lightning - Blitzschlag; Blitz; Entladung
rap - pochen, schlagen; Geplapper
At the end of fifteen minutes, Hugo, all battered, bruised, and the target for a pitiless bombardment of ridicule, slunk from the field; and the unscathed hero of the fight was seized and borne aloft upon the shoulders of the joyous rabble to the place of honour beside the Ruffler, where with vast ceremony he was crowned King of the Game-Cocks; his meaner title being at the same time solemnly cancelled and annulled, and a decree of banishment from the gang pronounced against any who should thenceforth utter it.
battered - ramponiert; zerschlagen, ich/er/sie stieß ab, schlagen
bombardment - Bombardierung, Bombardement, Beschuss
ridicule - lächerlich machen; verhöhnen, verspotten; Spott
slunk - geschlichen; schleichen, Frühgeburt
place of honour - Ehrenplatz
cocks - Hähne; Vogelmännchen; Gockel, Hahn; erigierter Penis (vulg.)
cancelled - abgesagt; ausstreichen, durchstreichen, kanzellieren
thenceforth - von nun an
All attempts to make the King serviceable to the troop had failed. He had stubbornly refused to act; moreover, he was always trying to escape. He had been thrust into an unwatched kitchen, the first day of his return; he not only came forth empty-handed, but tried to rouse the housemates. He was sent out with a tinker to help him at his work; he would not work; moreover, he threatened the tinker with his own soldering-iron; and finally both Hugo and the tinker found their hands full with the mere matter of keeping his from getting away. He delivered the thunders of his royalty upon the heads of all who hampered his liberties or tried to force him to service.
serviceable - brauchbar, nutzerfreundlich, praktisch, reparierbar
stubbornly - hartnäckige
unwatched - unbeobachtet
rouse - aufrütteln; wachrufen, wecken
housemates - Mitbewohner, Mitbewohnerin
soldering - Löten, Lötung, Verlötung; (solder); Lötmetall, Lot, Lötdraht
getting away - davonkommend
hampered - behindert; stören, behindern, hemmen, hindern; Geschenkkorb
liberties - Freiheiten; Freiheit
He was sent out, in Hugo’s charge, in company with a slatternly woman and a diseased baby, to beg; but the result was not encouraging-he declined to plead for the mendicants, or be a party to their cause in any way.
encouraging - ermutigend; ermutigen, ermuntern, empfehlen
declined - abgelehnt; Sinken
plead for - flehen (um)
Thus several days went by; and the miseries of this tramping life, and the weariness and sordidness and meanness and vulgarity of it, became gradually and steadily so intolerable to the captive that he began at last to feel that his release from the hermit’s knife must prove only a temporary respite from death, at best.
miseries - Misere, Elend
tramping - (to tramp) trampeln, wandern, maschieren; (tramp); Vagabund
meanness - Gemeinheit, Fiesheit, gemeines Benehmen
vulgarity - Vulgarität
steadily - beständig; stetige, stet, zuverlässig
temporary - zeitweilig, temporär, vorübergehend, Zeitarbeitskraft
respite - Aufschub, Frist, Atempause, Bedenkzeit
But at night, in his dreams, these things were forgotten, and he was on his throne, and master again. This, of course, intensified the sufferings of the awakening-so the mortifications of each succeeding morning of the few that passed between his return to bondage and the combat with Hugo, grew bitterer and bitterer, and harder and harder to bear.
sufferings - leidend, Leiden
awakening - Erwachen; (awaken); aufwecken, aufwachen, erwachen, wach werden
mortifications - Kasteiungen; Kränkung, Demütigung
succeeding - Erfolgreich; nachfolgen, gelingen, geraten, nachfolgen
bondage - Knechtschaft; Sklaverei; Pflicht; Bondage
combat - Kampf, Schlacht, Gefecht, kämpfen (gegen, mit), bekämpfen
bitterer - herb, rau, bitter
The morning after that combat, Hugo got up with a heart filled with vengeful purposes against the King. He had two plans, in particular. One was to inflict upon the lad what would be, to his proud spirit and ‘imagined’ royalty, a peculiar humiliation; and if he failed to accomplish this, his other plan was to put a crime of some kind upon the King, and then betray him into the implacable clutches of the law.
vengeful - rachsüchtig
purposes - Zwecke; absicht, Absicht, Einsatzzweck, Zweck
inflict - auferlegen; zufügen, checkverhängen
peculiar - eigentümlich; merkwürdig, seltsam
humiliation - Demütigung, Erniedrigung
implacable - unerbittlich
clutches - kuppeln; Vogelgelege; Kupplung (Auto), Gelege
In pursuance of the first plan, he purposed to put a ‘clime’ upon the King’s leg; rightly judging that that would mortify him to the last and perfect degree; and as soon as the clime should operate, he meant to get Canty’s help, and force the King to expose his leg in the highway and beg for alms. ’Clime’ was the cant term for a sore, artificially created. To make a clime, the operator made a paste or poultice of unslaked lime, soap, and the rust of old iron, and spread it upon a piece of leather, which was then bound tightly upon the leg.
pursuance - Verfolgung
purposed - bezweckt; absicht, Absicht, Einsatzzweck, Zweck
mortify - kränken, demütigen;jdn. beschämen
clime - Klima; Gegend
operate - operieren; betreiben, bedienen
expose - entlarven; aufdecken, offenbaren, entblößen, bloßlegen
beg for - heischen, um etwas betteln, um etwas bitten, um etwas flehen
alms - Almosen
cant - nicht; kippen, verkanten
artificially - künstlich
operator - Betreiber; Telefonist, Telefonistin, Vermittlung, Operator
paste - Paste; Teig, Pastete, Kleister, Klebstoff, Kitt, Strass
poultice - Breiumschlag; Kataplasma, Wickel, Umschlag, Packung
unslaked - ungelöscht
soap - (soap bubble) Seifenblase
rust - rosten, verrosten, einrosten; Rost (Eisen)
leather - Leder; ledern
tightly - eng
This would presently fret off the skin, and make the flesh raw and angry-looking; blood was then rubbed upon the limb, which, being fully dried, took on a dark and repulsive colour. Then a bandage of soiled rags was put on in a cleverly careless way which would allow the hideous ulcer to be seen, and move the compassion of the passer-by. {8}
rubbed - gerieben; reiben, reiben, abreiben, sich abreiben
fully - vollständig; völlig
dried - getrocknet; trocken, trocken, trocknen, trocknen, t+abtrocknen
repulsive - abstoßend
cleverly - klug, pfiffig, schlau
careless - unvorsichtig, unbedacht, unachtsam, leichtsinnig
ulcer - Geschwür, Ulcus
passer - Passant; Passer; (pass) Passant; Passer
Hugo got the help of the tinker whom the King had cowed with the soldering-iron; they took the boy out on a tinkering tramp, and as soon as they were out of sight of the camp they threw him down and the tinker held him while Hugo bound the poultice tight and fast upon his leg.
tinkering - flickend, bastelnd; (tinker); Kesselflicker, Kesselflickerin
The King raged and stormed, and promised to hang the two the moment the sceptre was in his hand again; but they kept a firm grip upon him and enjoyed his impotent struggling and jeered at his threats. This continued until the poultice began to bite; and in no long time its work would have been perfected, if there had been no interruption.
raged - gewütet; Wut, Zorn, Raserei, Rage, wüten, rasen, toben, toben
stormed - gestürmt; stürmen; Sturm
firm - fest, straff (Busen), Fa. Firma, gesetzt, hart
But there was; for about this time the ‘slave’ who had made the speech denouncing England’s laws, appeared on the scene, and put an end to the enterprise, and stripped off the poultice and bandage.
enterprise - Unternehmen; Unterfangen, Vorhaben, Unternehmungsgeist
stripped off - (strip off) abreißen (Plakat, Tapete)
Very well. All in good time Hugo strolled off to a neighbouring village with his prey; and the two drifted slowly up and down one street after another, the one watching sharply for a sure chance to achieve his evil purpose, and the other watching as sharply for a chance to dart away and get free of his infamous captivity for ever.
strolled - spazieren gegangen; Spaziergang, Bummel, spazieren gehen
dart - Pfeil, Satz
infamous - berüchtigt
Both threw away some tolerably fair-looking opportunities; for both, in their secret hearts, were resolved to make absolutely sure work this time, and neither meant to allow his fevered desires to seduce him into any venture that had much uncertainty about it.
threw away - verscherzte
fevered - Fieberhaft; Fieber
seduce - verführen, verleiten
uncertainty - Unsicherheit, Ungewissheit
Hugo’s chance came first. For at last a woman approached who carried a fat package of some sort in a basket. Hugo’s eyes sparkled with sinful pleasure as he said to himself, "Breath o’ my life, an’ I can but put that upon him, ‘tis good-den and God keep thee, King of the Game-Cocks!
package - Paket; packen, einpacken
sparkled - funkelte; funkeln
sinful - sündig, sündhaft, frevelhaft
He waited and watched-outwardly patient, but inwardly consuming with excitement-till the woman had passed by, and the time was ripe; then said, in a low voice-
outwardly - nach außen hin; äußerlich
"Tarry here till I come again," and darted stealthily after the prey.
The King’s heart was filled with joy-he could make his escape, now, if Hugo’s quest only carried him far enough away.
quest - Frage, Suche
But he was to have no such luck. Hugo crept behind the woman, snatched the package, and came running back, wrapping it in an old piece of blanket which he carried on his arm. The hue and cry was raised in a moment, by the woman, who knew her loss by the lightening of her burden, although she had not seen the pilfering done. Hugo thrust the bundle into the King’s hands without halting, saying-
wrapping - verpacken; einpacken, einwickeln
hue - Farbe, Tönung, Geschrei, Farbton
lightening - Erleichterung; erleichternd; (lighten) Erleichterung; erleichternd
pilfering - Diebstahl, Raub; (pilfer); klauen, stehlen, stibitzen, mopsen
bundle - Bündel
"Now speed ye after me with the rest, and cry ‘Stop thief!’ but mind ye lead them astray!"
The next moment Hugo turned a corner and darted down a crooked alley-and in another moment or two he lounged into view again, looking innocent and indifferent, and took up a position behind a post to watch results.
alley - Allee, Bahn, Weg, Gasse, Pfad
lounged - gefaulenzt; Lounge, Wartezimmer
The insulted King threw the bundle on the ground; and the blanket fell away from it just as the woman arrived, with an augmenting crowd at her heels; she seized the King’s wrist with one hand, snatched up her bundle with the other, and began to pour out a tirade of abuse upon the boy while he struggled, without success, to free himself from her grip.
augmenting - vergrößern, erhöhen, vermehren, wachsen, zunehmen, Augment
tirade - Tirade
Hugo had seen enough-his enemy was captured and the law would get him, now-so he slipped away, jubilant and chuckling, and wended campwards, framing a judicious version of the matter to give to the Ruffler’s crew as he strode along.
enemy - Feind, Feindin, Gegner, Gegnerin, feindlich
captured - gefangen genommen; Fang, Festnahme, Gefangennahme, Erfassung
wended - wendete; folgen, verfolgen
campwards - Campings
framing - umrahmend, Rahmung, Einrahmung; (frame); ausarbeiten, entwerfen
judicious - vernünftig
version - Version, Fassung, Ausgabe, versionieren
strode - schritt; schreiten
The King continued to struggle in the woman’s strong grasp, and now and then cried out in vexation-
Struggle - Kämpfen; Kampf, Gefecht, sich durchbeißen, sich schwer tun
grasp - greifen, erfassen, begreifen, verstehen, Griff, Verständnis
vexation - Verärgerung; Ärger, Störung, Irritation, Ärgernis
"Unhand me, thou foolish creature; it was not I that bereaved thee of thy paltry goods."
Unhand - Unhandlich; loslassen
The crowd closed around, threatening the King and calling him names; a brawny blacksmith in leather apron, and sleeves rolled to his elbows, made a reach for him, saying he would trounce him well, for a lesson; but just then a long sword flashed in the air and fell with convincing force upon the man’s arm, flat side down, the fantastic owner of it remarking pleasantly, at the same time-
threatening - bedrohlich; drohend; (threaten); drohen, bedrohen, androhen
brawny - muskulös, muskelbepackt
blacksmith - Eisenschmied, Eisenschmiedin, Grobschmied, Grobschmiedin
apron - Schürze; Vorfeld; Fußsack
rolled - gerollt; Rolle, Roulade, Walze, Semmel; drehen, wälzen, wickeln
trounce - verhauen, verprügeln
convincing - überzeugend; überzeugen
"Marry, good souls, let us proceed gently, not with ill blood and uncharitable words. This is matter for the law’s consideration, not private and unofficial handling. Loose thy hold from the boy, goodwife."
good souls - Seelengüter
uncharitable - lieblos
unofficial - inoffiziell
The blacksmith averaged the stalwart soldier with a glance, then went muttering away, rubbing his arm; the woman released the boy’s wrist reluctantly; the crowd eyed the stranger unlovingly, but prudently closed their mouths. The King sprang to his deliverer’s side, with flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes, exclaiming-
averaged - gemittelt; mittlere, Havarie
rubbing - Reiben, Polieren; (rub); reiben, abreiben, sich abreiben
released - freigegeben; Freigabe, Freisetzung, Befreiung, Erlösung
unlovingly - lieblos
prudently - mit Bedacht; klug, kluge
"Thou hast lagged sorely, but thou comest in good season, now, Sir Miles; carve me this rabble to rags!"
lagged - verzögert; zurückbleiben, zurückfallen
comest - kommst
in good season - zur rechten Zeit
carve - zerschneiden, einritzen, schnitzen;Einmeißeln ;behauen (Stein etc.), zerlegen
Hendon forced back a smile, and bent down and whispered in the King’s ear-
"Softly, softly, my prince, wag thy tongue warily-nay, suffer it not to wag at all. Trust in me-all shall go well in the end." Then he added to himself: "Sir Miles! Bless me, I had totally forgot I was a knight! Lord, how marvellous a thing it is, the grip his memory doth take upon his quaint and crazy fancies!
wag - wackeln; wedeln; schwänzen; Wedeln; Schelm
fancies - Lust; extravagant, originell
. . . An empty and foolish title is mine, and yet it is something to have deserved it; for I think it is more honour to be held worthy to be a spectre-knight in his Kingdom of Dreams and Shadows, than to be held base enough to be an earl in some of the real kingdoms of this world."
deserved - Verdient; verdienen
kingdoms - Königreiche; Königreich
The crowd fell apart to admit a constable, who approached and was about to lay his hand upon the King’s shoulder, when Hendon said-
fell apart - (fall apart) auseinanderfallen [alt], auseinander fallen
"Gently, good friend, withhold your hand-he shall go peaceably; I am responsible for that. Lead on, we will follow."
withhold - zurückhalten, einbehalten, vorenthalten
peaceably - friedfertige, friedlich
responsible - verantwortlich; vernünftig; verantwortungsvoll; zuverlässig
The officer led, with the woman and her bundle; Miles and the King followed after, with the crowd at their heels. The King was inclined to rebel; but Hendon said to him in a low voice-
rebel - rebellieren; Rebell; auflehnen, aufbäumen
"Reflect, Sire-your laws are the wholesome breath of your own royalty; shall their source resist them, yet require the branches to respect them? Apparently one of these laws has been broken; when the King is on his throne again, can it ever grieve him to remember that when he was seemingly a private person he loyally sank the king in the citizen and submitted to its authority?"
reflect - nachdenken; reflektieren, zurückspiegeln, sich spiegeln
resist - widerstehen, erwehren;gegen etw. bestehen
branches - Ast, t+Zweig, Abzweigung, (''rare'') tÄstelung
seemingly - scheinbar; anscheinende
loyally - loyal, treu
citizen - Staatsbürger, Staatsbürgerin, Einwohner
submitted - vorgelegt; sich fügen, vorlegen, einreichen, unterwerfen
"Thou art right; say no more; thou shalt see that whatsoever the King of England requires a subject to suffer, under the law, he will himself suffer while he holdeth the station of a subject."
requires - erfordert; erfordern, brauchen, benötigen
holdeth - hält
When the woman was called upon to testify before the justice of the peace, she swore that the small prisoner at the bar was the person who had committed the theft; there was none able to show the contrary, so the King stood convicted.
theft - Diebstahl
contrary - entgegengesetzt, gegenläufig, entgegenstehend, ungünstig
The bundle was now unrolled, and when the contents proved to be a plump little dressed pig, the judge looked troubled, whilst Hendon turned pale, and his body was thrilled with an electric shiver of dismay; but the King remained unmoved, protected by his ignorance. The judge meditated, during an ominous pause, then turned to the woman, with the question-
unrolled - abgerollt; abrollen
Contents - Inhalt; (to be content with) sich mit etwas begnügen
plump - prall werden, prall machen; drall, vollschlank, mollig
pale - Pfahl, blass; bleich (vor), blass (vor)
Electric - elektrisch; elektronisch, elektrisierend, Elektro-Auto
unmoved - ungerührt, unbewegt
protected - geschützt; schützen, beschützen
ignorance - Unwissenheit, Unwissen, Nichtwissen
meditated - meditiert; meditieren
ominous - ominös
"What dost thou hold this property to be worth?"
property - Eigentum, Besitz, Anwesen, Grundbesitz, Grundstück, Eigenschaft
The woman courtesied and replied-
courtesied - zuvorkommend; Höflichkeit, Höflichkeit
"Three shillings and eightpence, your worship-I could not abate a penny and set forth the value honestly."
eightpence - acht Pence
set forth - darlegen
The justice glanced around uncomfortably upon the crowd, then nodded to the constable, and said-
uncomfortably - ungemütlich
nodded to - zugenickt
"Clear the court and close the doors."
It was done. None remained but the two officials, the accused, the accuser, and Miles Hendon. This latter was rigid and colourless, and on his forehead big drops of cold sweat gathered, broke and blended together, and trickled down his face. The judge turned to the woman again, and said, in a compassionate voice-
accuser - Ankläger, Ankläger
colourless - farblos
drops - Tropfen; fallen lassen, senken, weglassen, aufgeben
cold sweat - Angstschweiß
blended - gemischt; Mischung, mischen, mixen, vermischen
compassionate - mitfühlend; mitleidig
"‘Tis a poor ignorant lad, and mayhap was driven hard by hunger, for these be grievous times for the unfortunate; mark you, he hath not an evil face-but when hunger driveth-Good woman! dost know that when one steals a thing above the value of thirteenpence ha’penny the law saith he shall hang for it?"
ha - Das war jetzt aber ernst!
grievous - schmerzlich; ernst, ernsthaft, schwerwiegend
driveth - treibt
steals - stiehlt; stehlen, entwenden, klauen, stehlen, stehlen, rauben
thirteenpence - dreizehn Pence
The little King started, wide-eyed with consternation, but controlled himself and held his peace; but not so the woman. She sprang to her feet, shaking with fright, and cried out-
consternation - Bestürzung, Fassungslosigkeit
controlled - kontrolliert; steuern, kontrollieren, regeln, Kontrolle
"Oh, good lack, what have I done! God-a-mercy, I would not hang the poor thing for the whole world! Ah, save me from this, your worship-what shall I do, what can I do?"
The justice maintained his judicial composure, and simply said-
maintained - unterhalten, warten, beibehalten, aufrechterhalten
judicial - juristisch; gerichtlich, Justiz
composure - Gelassenheit, Fassung, Haltung, innere Ruhe
"Doubtless it is allowable to revise the value, since it is not yet writ upon the record."
allowable - Erlaubt
revise - überarbeiten; revidieren; wiederholen
record - protokollieren, erfassen, aufzeichnen, aufnehmen; Akte
"Then in God’s name call the pig eightpence, and heaven bless the day that freed my conscience of this awesome thing!"
conscience - Gewissen
awesome - fantastisch
Miles Hendon forgot all decorum in his delight; and surprised the King and wounded his dignity, by throwing his arms around him and hugging him. The woman made her grateful adieux and started away with her pig; and when the constable opened the door for her, he followed her out into the narrow hall.
decorum - Anstand, Etikette, Schicklichkeit, Anständigkeit
throwing - Werfen; (to throw) schmeißen; (throw) Werfen; (to throw) schmeißen
hugging - Umarmung, umarmen
The justice proceeded to write in his record book. Hendon, always alert, thought he would like to know why the officer followed the woman out; so he slipped softly into the dusky hall and listened. He heard a conversation to this effect-
write in - einschreiben, einspeichern
dusky - düster
"It is a fat pig, and promises good eating; I will buy it of thee; here is the eightpence."
promises - Versprechen
"Eightpence, indeed! Thou’lt do no such thing. It cost me three shillings and eightpence, good honest coin of the last reign, that old Harry that’s just dead ne’er touched or tampered with. A fig for thy eightpence!"
coin - Münze, Geldstück, Chip, Jeton, prägen
Harry - Harry
tampered - verfälscht; zu schaffen machen mit, Pfeifenstopfer; einmischen
fig - Feige
"Stands the wind in that quarter? Thou wast under oath, and so swore falsely when thou saidst the value was but eightpence. Come straightway back with me before his worship, and answer for the crime!-and then the lad will hang."
under oath - unter Eid
saidst - sagte
"There, there, dear heart, say no more, I am content. Give me the eightpence, and hold thy peace about the matter."
The woman went off crying: Hendon slipped back into the court room, and the constable presently followed, after hiding his prize in some convenient place. The justice wrote a while longer, then read the King a wise and kindly lecture, and sentenced him to a short imprisonment in the common jail, to be followed by a public flogging. The astounded King opened his mouth, and was probably going to order the good judge to be beheaded on the spot; but he caught a warning sign from Hendon, and succeeded in closing his mouth again before he lost anything out of it.
court room - Gerichtssaal
Convenient - bequem, einfach, gelegen, genehm
lecture - Vortrag; Vorlesung
imprisonment - Freiheitsentzug; Gefangenschaft
jail - im Gefängnis; Gefängnis
flogging - Auspeitschen; Auspeitschung; (flog) Auspeitschen; Auspeitschung
beheaded - enthauptet; enthaupten, köpfen
Hendon took him by the hand, now, made reverence to the justice, and the two departed in the wake of the constable toward the jail. The moment the street was reached, the inflamed monarch halted, snatched away his hand, and exclaimed-
inflamed - entzündet; anzünden, entflammen, anregen, aufregen, erzürnen
snatched away - weggefangene
"Idiot, dost imagine I will enter a common jail alive?"
Hendon bent down and said, somewhat sharply-
"Will you trust in me? Peace! and forbear to worsen our chances with dangerous speech. What God wills, will happen; thou canst not hurry it, thou canst not alter it; therefore wait, and be patient-‘twill be time enow to rail or rejoice when what is to happen has happened." {1}
worsen - verschlechtern, sich verschlechtern, checkverschlimmern
chances - Chancen; riskieren, zufällig geschehen; Chance, Zufall
alter - verändern, ändern, wandeln, modifizieren, abändern
rail - Gleis, Schiene, Reling, Geländer
rejoice - freuen
The short winter day was nearly ended. The streets were deserted, save for a few random stragglers, and these hurried straight along, with the intent look of people who were only anxious to accomplish their errands as quickly as possible, and then snugly house themselves from the rising wind and the gathering twilight. They looked neither to the right nor to the left; they paid no attention to our party, they did not even seem to see them.
random - Rando; zufällig; Durchschnitts-; random
stragglers - Nachzügler, Nachzüglerin, Versprengter, Versprengte, Bummler
errands - Besorgungen; Besorgung, Auftrag, Besorgung
Edward the Sixth wondered if the spectacle of a king on his way to jail had ever encountered such marvellous indifference before. By-and-by the constable arrived at a deserted market-square, and proceeded to cross it. When he had reached the middle of it, Hendon laid his hand upon his arm, and said in a low voice-
indifference - Gleichgültigkeit
square - quadratisch; Quadrat; Platz; Feld
"Bide a moment, good sir, there is none in hearing, and I would say a word to thee."
"My duty forbids it, sir; prithee hinder me not, the night comes on."
forbids - verbietet; verbieten, untersagen, verweigern, vorenthalten
hinder - behindern, aufhalten, hindern; (hind) behindern, aufhalten
"Stay, nevertheless, for the matter concerns thee nearly. Turn thy back a moment and seem not to see: let this poor lad escape."
nevertheless - nichtsdestoweniger, trotzdem, lauch wenn, dennoch
concerns - Bedenken; Sorge, Anliegen
"This to me, sir! I arrest thee in-"
"Nay, be not too hasty. See thou be careful and commit no foolish error,"-then he shut his voice down to a whisper, and said in the man’s ear-"the pig thou hast purchased for eightpence may cost thee thy neck, man!"
commit - einweisen, einliefern, begehen, verbrechen, verüben
purchased - gekauft; Einkauf, Kauf, Kauf, Anschaffung, Anschaffung, kaufen
The poor constable, taken by surprise, was speechless, at first, then found his tongue and fell to blustering and threatening; but Hendon was tranquil, and waited with patience till his breath was spent; then said-
taken by surprise - überrumpeltem
blustering - schimpfen; Getöse
"I have a liking to thee, friend, and would not willingly see thee come to harm. Observe, I heard it all-every word. I will prove it to thee." Then he repeated the conversation which the officer and the woman had had together in the hall, word for word, and ended with-
willingly - bereitwillig; gern, gerne
"There-have I set it forth correctly? Should not I be able to set it forth correctly before the judge, if occasion required?"
correctly - korrekt, genau, richtig
required - erforderlich; erfordern, brauchen, benötigen
The man was dumb with fear and distress, for a moment; then he rallied, and said with forced lightness-
rallied - versammelt; Zusammenkunft
lightness - Leichtigkeit
"‘Tis making a mighty matter, indeed, out of a jest; I but plagued the woman for mine amusement."
plagued - geplagt; Pest, Plage, Seuche, Plage, Geißel, Plage, Quälgeist
"Kept you the woman’s pig for amusement?"
The man answered sharply-
"Nought else, good sir-I tell thee ‘twas but a jest."
"I do begin to believe thee," said Hendon, with a perplexing mixture of mockery and half-conviction in his tone; "but tarry thou here a moment whilst I run and ask his worship-for nathless, he being a man experienced in law, in jests, in-"
perplexing - verwirrend; verwirren
mockery - Spott und Hohn; Verspottung, Verhöhnung, Gespött, Lachnummer
nathless - naturlos
He was moving away, still talking; the constable hesitated, fidgeted, spat out an oath or two, then cried out-
moving away - abrückend
fidgeted - Gezappelt; zappeln, herumzappeln, Zappelphilipp
spat out - ausgespuckt
"Hold, hold, good sir-prithee wait a little-the judge! Why, man, he hath no more sympathy with a jest than hath a dead corpse!-come, and we will speak further. Ods body! I seem to be in evil case-and all for an innocent and thoughtless pleasantry. I am a man of family; and my wife and little ones-List to reason, good your worship: what wouldst thou of me?"
thoughtless - gedankenlos; rücksichtslos
pleasantry - Freundlichkeit; Scherz, Hänselei
"Only that thou be blind and dumb and paralytic whilst one may count a hundred thousand-counting slowly," said Hendon, with the expression of a man who asks but a reasonable favour, and that a very little one.
paralytic - Lähmungserscheinungen; paralysieren
count - rechnen, abzählen, zählen
"It is my destruction!" said the constable despairingly. "Ah, be reasonable, good sir; only look at this matter, on all its sides, and see how mere a jest it is-how manifestly and how plainly it is so. And even if one granted it were not a jest, it is a fault so small that e’en the grimmest penalty it could call forth would be but a rebuke and warning from the judge’s lips."
manifestly - offenkundig
grimmest - am grimmigsten; makaber, grimmig
penalty - Strafe
Hendon replied with a solemnity which chilled the air about him-
"This jest of thine hath a name, in law,-wot you what it is?"
"I knew it not! Peradventure I have been unwise. I never dreamed it had a name-ah, sweet heaven, I thought it was original."
unwise - unklug
original - ursprünglich, ur-, original, originell, Original, ext
"Yes, it hath a name. In the law this crime is called Non compos mentis lex talionis sic transit gloria mundi."
compos - Kompositionen; compos; (compo) Kompositionen; compos
sic - dasselbe
Transit - Transit, Durchgang, Durchreise, Theodolit
"Ah, my God!"
"And the penalty is death!"
"God be merciful to me a sinner!"
sinner - Sünder, Sünderin
"By advantage taken of one in fault, in dire peril, and at thy mercy, thou hast seized goods worth above thirteenpence ha’penny, paying but a trifle for the same; and this, in the eye of the law, is constructive barratry, misprision of treason, malfeasance in office, ad hominem expurgatis in statu quo-and the penalty is death by the halter, without ransom, commutation, or benefit of clergy."
peril - Gefahr, Risiko
constructive - konstruktiv
barratry - Barratrie; Baratterie, Betrügerei
misprision - Fehlverhalten
malfeasance - Vergehen; schwerwiegendes Fehlverhalten, schwere Missetat
ad - Anzeige; n. Chr. (nach Christus, nach Christo); n. Chr. Geb
halter - Halfter; Schlinge, Strik; (halt) Halfter; Schlinge, Strik
ransom - Lösegeld; (mit Lösegeld) freikaufen, auslösen, loskaufen
commutation - Kommutation; Umwandlung, Austausch
benefit - Vorteil; Nutzen; Leistung; Benefizkonzert, Benefizveranstaltung
clergy - Geistlichkeit, Klerus
"Bear me up, bear me up, sweet sir, my legs do fail me! Be thou merciful-spare me this doom, and I will turn my back and see nought that shall happen."
"Good! now thou’rt wise and reasonable. And thou’lt restore the pig?"
"I will, I will indeed-nor ever touch another, though heaven send it and an archangel fetch it. Go-I am blind for thy sake-I see nothing. I will say thou didst break in and wrest the prisoner from my hands by force. It is but a crazy, ancient door-I will batter it down myself betwixt midnight and the morning."
sake - (for your sake) deinetwegen, euretwegen, Ihretwegen, dir zuliebe
break in - einbrechen
wrest - Ringen; erzwingen
"Do it, good soul, no harm will come of it; the judge hath a loving charity for this poor lad, and will shed no tears and break no jailer’s bones for his escape."
shed - Schuppen; (to shed) vergießen, abstoßen, lsowerden
jailer - Gefängniswärter, Gefängniswärterin, Gefängnisaufseher
As soon as Hendon and the King were out of sight of the constable, his Majesty was instructed to hurry to a certain place outside the town, and wait there, whilst Hendon should go to the inn and settle his account. Half an hour later the two friends were blithely jogging eastward on Hendon’s sorry steeds.
jogging - joggen; trottend, rüttelnd, Jogging; (jog); Joggen
steeds - Rösser; erman: Ross (see also Stute )
The King was warm and comfortable, now, for he had cast his rags and clothed himself in the second-hand suit which Hendon had bought on London Bridge.
When he and the King had journeyed about ten miles, they reached a considerable village, and halted there for the night, at a good inn. The former relations were resumed; Hendon stood behind the King’s chair, while he dined, and waited upon him; undressed him when he was ready for bed; then took the floor for his own quarters, and slept athwart the door, rolled up in a blanket.
relations - Beziehungen; Beziehung, Relation, Relation, Verwandter
resumed - wiederaufgenommen; weiter; Lebenslauf; fortsetzen
dined - zu Abend gegessen; Lärm, Getöse; dröhnen
undressed - unbekleidet; erman: sich ausziehen, ausziehen
took the floor - (take the floor) das Wort ergreifen
rolled up - eingerollt, aufgekrempelt
The next day, and the day after, they jogged lazily along talking over the adventures they had met since their separation, and mightily enjoying each other’s narratives. Hendon detailed all his wide wanderings in search of the King, and described how the archangel had led him a fool’s journey all over the forest, and taken him back to the hut, finally, when he found he could not get rid of him.
jogged - gejoggt; Joggen, joggen
lazily - faul, ruhig, träge
separation - Trennung
narratives - Erzählungen; erzählend, erzählerisch
wanderings - Wanderungen; (wander) irren, wandern, umherschweifen
Then-he said-the old man went into the bedchamber and came staggering back looking broken-hearted, and saying he had expected to find that the boy had returned and laid down in there to rest, but it was not so. Hendon had waited at the hut all day; hope of the King’s return died out, then, and he departed upon the quest again.
died out - ausgestorben
"And old Sanctum Sanctorum was truly sorry your highness came not back," said Hendon; "I saw it in his face."
sanctum - Heiligtum; Allerheiligstes
"Marry I will never doubt that!" said the King-and then told his own story; after which, Hendon was sorry he had not destroyed the archangel.
During the last day of the trip, Hendon’s spirits were soaring. His tongue ran constantly. He talked about his old father, and his brother Arthur, and told of many things which illustrated their high and generous characters; he went into loving frenzies over his Edith, and was so glad-hearted that he was even able to say some gentle and brotherly things about Hugh.
soaring - sich erhebend
characters - Figur, Person, Charakter, Charakter, Original
frenzies - Wutanfälle; Wahn, Rausch, Wut
brotherly - brüderlich, geschwisterlich
He dwelt a deal on the coming meeting at Hendon Hall; what a surprise it would be to everybody, and what an outburst of thanksgiving and delight there would be.
thanksgiving - Thanksgiving, Erntedankfest, Erntedank
It was a fair region, dotted with cottages and orchards, and the road led through broad pasture lands whose receding expanses, marked with gentle elevations and depressions, suggested the swelling and subsiding undulations of the sea. In the afternoon the returning prodigal made constant deflections from his course to see if by ascending some hillock he might not pierce the distance and catch a glimpse of his home.
dotted - gepunktet; stricheln; Punkt
cottages - Hütten; Cottage
orchards - Obstplantagen; Obstgarten, Obstwiese, Obstbaum
pasture lands - Weideplätze
receding - zurückgehen; zurücktreten
elevations - Erhöhungen; Hebung, Erheben
depressions - Depressionen; Senke, Depression, Depression, Abschwung
swelling - Schwellungen; Anschwellen
subsiding - einsinken, abklingen, nachlassen, abschwellen
undulations - Wellenbewegungen; Wellenbewegung, Wellenform
prodigal - verschwenderisch; großzügig, freigebig, übermäßig, im Überfluß
constant - beständig, konstant, regelmäßig, stetig
deflections - Ablenkungen; Ablenkung, Ablenkung
ascending - aufsteigend; steigen, aufsteigen
hillock - kleiner Hügel, Ätzhügel, Hügelchen
pierce - lochen, durchbohren
At last he was successful, and cried out excitedly-
successful - erfolgreich
"There is the village, my Prince, and there is the Hall close by! You may see the towers from here; and that wood there-that is my father’s park. Ah, now thou’lt know what state and grandeur be! A house with seventy rooms-think of that!-and seven and twenty servants! A brave lodging for such as we, is it not so? Come, let us speed-my impatience will not brook further delay."
towers - Türme; starker Rückhalt, Turm; emporragen, hochragen, ragen
lodging - Unterbringung; Unterkunft; (lodge); Lodge; Loge; Biberburg; feststecken
All possible hurry was made; still, it was after three o’clock before the village was reached. The travellers scampered through it, Hendon’s tongue going all the time. "Here is the church-covered with the same ivy-none gone, none added." "Yonder is the inn, the old Red Lion,-and yonder is the market-place." "Here is the Maypole, and here the pump-nothing is altered; nothing but the people, at any rate; ten years make a change in people; some of these I seem to know, but none know me.
travellers - Reisender, Reisende
ivy - Efeu
pump - Pumps; Pumpe; aufpumpen, pumpen
altered - Verändert; verändern, ändern, wandeln, modifizieren, abändern
So his chat ran on. The end of the village was soon reached; then the travellers struck into a crooked, narrow road, walled in with tall hedges, and hurried briskly along it for half a mile, then passed into a vast flower garden through an imposing gateway, whose huge stone pillars bore sculptured armorial devices. A noble mansion was before them.
chat - chatten; Unterhaltung, Plausch, Schwatz; sich unterhalten
flower garden - Ziergarten
sculptured - gemeißelt; Bildhauerkunst, Skulptur, Skulptur
mansion - Herrenhaus, Villa, Anwesen
"Welcome to Hendon Hall, my King!" exclaimed Miles. "Ah, ‘tis a great day! My father and my brother, and the Lady Edith will be so mad with joy that they will have eyes and tongue for none but me in the first transports of the meeting, and so thou’lt seem but coldly welcomed-but mind it not; ‘twill soon seem otherwise; for when I say thou art my ward, and tell them how costly is my love for thee, thou’lt see them take thee to their breasts for miles Hendon’s sake, and make their house and hearts thy home for ever after!
great day - Ehrentag
transports - transportiert; transportieren, befördern, Beförderung
coldly - kalt
for miles - meilenweit
The next moment Hendon sprang to the ground before the great door, helped the King down, then took him by the hand and rushed within. A few steps brought him to a spacious apartment; he entered, seated the King with more hurry than ceremony, then ran toward a young man who sat at a writing-table in front of a generous fire of logs.
rushed - überstürzt; stürzen, drängen, hetzen, rasen; Eile, Andrang
logs - Protokolle; Logbuch; Log, Holzklotz
"Embrace me, Hugh," he cried, "and say thou’rt glad I am come again! and call our father, for home is not home till I shall touch his hand, and see his face, and hear his voice once more!"
Embrace - umarmen; annehmen, Umarmung
But Hugh only drew back, after betraying a momentary surprise, and bent a grave stare upon the intruder-a stare which indicated somewhat of offended dignity, at first, then changed, in response to some inward thought or purpose, to an expression of marvelling curiosity, mixed with a real or assumed compassion. Presently he said, in a mild voice-
momentary - Momentan
intruder - Eindringling
indicated - angezeigt; anzeigen, anweisen, andeuten, anzeigen, andeuten
marvelling - Staunen; (marvel) Wunderding, Wunder; (marvel); wundern
mixed - gemischt; verrühren, mischen, mixen, vermischen, versetzen
mild - mild, ausgeglichen, checkzahm, schwach
"Thy wits seem touched, poor stranger; doubtless thou hast suffered privations and rude buffetings at the world’s hands; thy looks and dress betoken it. Whom dost thou take me to be?"
privations - Entbehrungen; Entbehrung, Einschränkung, Mangel, Armut, Not
buffetings - buffings; Flatterschwingung
"Take thee? Prithee for whom else than whom thou art? I take thee to be Hugh Hendon," said Miles, sharply.
The other continued, in the same soft tone-
"And whom dost thou imagine thyself to be?"
"Imagination hath nought to do with it! Dost thou pretend thou knowest me not for thy brother Miles Hendon?"
An expression of pleased surprise flitted across Hugh’s face, and he exclaimed-
"What! thou art not jesting? can the dead come to life? God be praised if it be so! Our poor lost boy restored to our arms after all these cruel years! Ah, it seems too good to be true, it is too good to be true-I charge thee, have pity, do not trifle with me! Quick-come to the light-let me scan thee well!"
jesting - scherzend; (jest) scherzend
Praised - Gelobt; Lob
He seized Miles by the arm, dragged him to the window, and began to devour him from head to foot with his eyes, turning him this way and that, and stepping briskly around him and about him to prove him from all points of view; whilst the returned prodigal, all aglow with gladness, smiled, laughed, and kept nodding his head and saying-
devour - verschlingen, fressen, herunterschlingen, zerstören
stepping - treten, treten (du trittst
aglow - leuchten
nodding - schlafend, nickend; (nod); nicken; einnicken; Kopfnicken
"Go on, brother, go on, and fear not; thou’lt find nor limb nor feature that cannot bide the test. Scour and scan me to thy content, my good old Hugh-I am indeed thy old Miles, thy same old Miles, thy lost brother, is’t not so? Ah, ‘tis a great day-I said ‘twas a great day! Give me thy hand, give me thy cheek-lord, I am like to die of very joy!"
feature - Funktion; Besonderheit, Charakteristikum, Eigentümlichkeit
scour - durchsuchen; reinigen, umherstreifen
He was about to throw himself upon his brother; but Hugh put up his hand in dissent, then dropped his chin mournfully upon his breast, saying with emotion-
mournfully - trauernd; traurig, klagend, trübsinnig
emotion - Emotionen; Gefühl, Empfindung
"Ah, God of his mercy give me strength to bear this grievous disappointment!"
Miles, amazed, could not speak for a moment; then he found his tongue, and cried out-
"What disappointment? Am I not thy brother?"
Hugh shook his head sadly, and said-
"I pray heaven it may prove so, and that other eyes may find the resemblances that are hid from mine. Alack, I fear me the letter spoke but too truly."
resemblances - Ähnlichkeiten; Ähnlichkeit
"What letter?"
"One that came from over sea, some six or seven years ago. It said my brother died in battle."
"It was a lie! Call thy father-he will know me."
"One may not call the dead."
"Dead?" Miles’s voice was subdued, and his lips trembled. "My father dead!-oh, this is heavy news. Half my new joy is withered now. Prithee let me see my brother Arthur-he will know me; he will know me and console me."
trembled - gezittert; zittern, Zittern
console - Konsole; trösten (mit), vertrösten; Bedienungsfeld, Gerät
"He, also, is dead."
"God be merciful to me, a stricken man! Gone,-both gone-the worthy taken and the worthless spared, in me! Ah! I crave your mercy!-do not say the Lady Edith-"
worthless - wertlos, nutzlos, nichtsnutzig
spared - verschont; überflüssig, frei, sparsam, Ersatz; sparsam umgehen
"Is dead? No, she lives."
"Then, God be praised, my joy is whole again! Speed thee, brother-let her come to me! An’ she say I am not myself-but she will not; no, no, she will know me, I were a fool to doubt it. Bring her-bring the old servants; they, too, will know me."
"All are gone but five-Peter, Halsey, David, Bernard, and Margaret."
Peter - Peter; Petrus; (Der 1./2. Brief des) Petrus, checkPetr
David - David, David
So saying, Hugh left the room. Miles stood musing a while, then began to walk the floor, muttering-
"The five arch-villains have survived the two-and-twenty leal and honest-‘tis an odd thing."
arch - Bogen
villains - Schurken; Schurke, Gauner, Halunke, Bösewicht, qualifieram
survived - überlebt; überleben, überleben, überleben
odd thing - Merkwürdigkeit
He continued walking back and forth, muttering to himself; he had forgotten the King entirely. By-and-by his Majesty said gravely, and with a touch of genuine compassion, though the words themselves were capable of being interpreted ironically-
entirely - vollständig; ganz, total, entirely
interpreted - gedeutet; interpretieren, interpretieren, dolmetschen
ironically - ironisch
"Mind not thy mischance, good man; there be others in the world whose identity is denied, and whose claims are derided. Thou hast company."
identity - Identität, Gleichheit, Übereinstimmung
claims - Ansprüche; Anspruch, Rechtstitel, Anspruch, Behauptung
derided - verhöhnt; verhöhnen, verlachen, verspotten, lustig machen über
"Ah, my King," cried Hendon, colouring slightly, "do not thou condemn me-wait, and thou shalt see. I am no impostor-she will say it; you shall hear it from the sweetest lips in England. I an impostor? Why, I know this old hall, these pictures of my ancestors, and all these things that are about us, as a child knoweth its own nursery.
condemn - verurteilen; verdammen, für abrissreif erklären
sweetest - am süßesten; Süßigkeit, Bonbon
ancestors - Vorfahren; Vorfahr, Vorfahrin, Ahn, Ahne, Ahne, Ahnin, Urahn
nursery - Kinderstube, Kinderzimmer, Kindergarten, Kinderzimmer
Here was I born and bred, my lord; I speak the truth; I would not deceive thee; and should none else believe, I pray thee do not thou doubt me-I could not bear it."
"I do not doubt thee," said the King, with a childlike simplicity and faith.
childlike - kindlich
"I thank thee out of my heart!" exclaimed Hendon with a fervency which showed that he was touched. The King added, with the same gentle simplicity-
fervency - Inbrunst; Glut
"Dost thou doubt me?"
A guilty confusion seized upon Hendon, and he was grateful that the door opened to admit Hugh, at that moment, and saved him the necessity of replying.
guilty - schuldig
necessity - Notwendigkeit, Nezessität, Not, Bedürfnis
replying - antworten, erwidern, Antwort, Entgegnung, Antwort
A beautiful lady, richly clothed, followed Hugh, and after her came several liveried servants. The lady walked slowly, with her head bowed and her eyes fixed upon the floor. The face was unspeakably sad. Miles Hendon sprang forward, crying out-
liveried - livriert
"Oh, my Edith, my darling-"
darling - Liebling, Schatz, Schätzchen
But Hugh waved him back, gravely, and said to the lady-
"Look upon him. Do you know him?"
At the sound of Miles’s voice the woman had started slightly, and her cheeks had flushed; she was trembling now. She stood still, during an impressive pause of several moments; then slowly lifted up her head and looked into Hendon’s eyes with a stony and frightened gaze; the blood sank out of her face, drop by drop, till nothing remained but the grey pallor of death; then she said, in a voice as dead as the face, "I know him not!
stony - steinig; steinern
drop by drop - tropfenweise
pallor of death - Totenblässe
and turned, with a moan and a stifled sob, and tottered out of the room.
stifled - erstickt; ersticken
sob - schluchzen; Huso
tottered - getorkelt; schwanken, taumeln, torkeln, Schwanken
Miles Hendon sank into a chair and covered his face with his hands. After a pause, his brother said to the servants-
"You have observed him. Do you know him?"
They shook their heads; then the master said-
"The servants know you not, sir. I fear there is some mistake. You have seen that my wife knew you not."
"Thy wife!" In an instant Hugh was pinned to the wall, with an iron grip about his throat. "Oh, thou fox-hearted slave, I see it all! Thou’st writ the lying letter thyself, and my stolen bride and goods are its fruit. There-now get thee gone, lest I shame mine honourable soldiership with the slaying of so pitiful a mannikin!"
pinned - angeheftet; Zapfen, Bolzen, Schraubendrehereinsatz; feststecken
bride - die Braut; Braut
soldiership - Soldatentum
slaying - tötend, erschlagend; (slay) tötend, erschlagend
mannikin - (arch) Gewölbe, Bogen, Fußrücken
Hugh, red-faced, and almost suffocated, reeled to the nearest chair, and commanded the servants to seize and bind the murderous stranger. They hesitated, and one of them said-
suffocated - erstickt; ersticken, ersticken, würgen, ersticken
reeled - aufgespult; Spule, Haspel, Demoband
bind - binden; verbinden, konnektieren
murderous - mörderisch
"He is armed, Sir Hugh, and we are weaponless."
weaponless - waffenlos
"Armed! What of it, and ye so many? Upon him, I say!"
What of it - Was ist schon dabei?
But Miles warned them to be careful what they did, and added-
"Ye know me of old-I have not changed; come on, an’ it like you."
This reminder did not hearten the servants much; they still held back.
held back - (hold back) sich zögerlich geben, zurückhalten
"Then go, ye paltry cowards, and arm yourselves and guard the doors, whilst I send one to fetch the watch!" said Hugh. He turned at the threshold, and said to Miles, "You’ll find it to your advantage to offend not with useless endeavours at escape."
cowards - Feiglinge; Feigling, qualifier
useless - nutzlos, unnützlich, wertlos
endeavours - Bestrebungen; sich nach Kräften bemühen; Bestrebung
"Escape? Spare thyself discomfort, an’ that is all that troubles thee. For Miles Hendon is master of Hendon Hall and all its belongings. He will remain-doubt it not."
The King sat musing a few moments, then looked up and said-
"‘Tis strange-most strange. I cannot account for it."
"No, it is not strange, my liege. I know him, and this conduct is but natural. He was a rascal from his birth."
"Oh, I spake not of him, Sir Miles."
"Not of him? Then of what? What is it that is strange?"
"That the King is not missed."
"How? Which? I doubt I do not understand."
"Indeed? Doth it not strike you as being passing strange that the land is not filled with couriers and proclamations describing my person and making search for me? Is it no matter for commotion and distress that the Head of the State is gone; that I am vanished away and lost?"
couriers - Kuriere; Reiseführer, Kurier, Kurierdienst
commotion - Aufruhr; Aufregung; Spektakel, Theater, Zirkus, Aufstand
"Most true, my King, I had forgot." Then Hendon sighed, and muttered to himself, "Poor ruined mind-still busy with its pathetic dream."
"But I have a plan that shall right us both-I will write a paper, in three tongues-Latin, Greek and English-and thou shalt haste away with it to London in the morning. Give it to none but my uncle, the Lord Hertford; when he shall see it, he will know and say I wrote it. Then he will send for me."
send for - kommen lassen, herbeirufen, holen lassen
"Might it not be best, my Prince, that we wait here until I prove myself and make my rights secure to my domains? I should be so much the better able then to-"
secure - sicher, geschützt, beschützt, zuverlässig
domains - Domäne, Gebiet
The King interrupted him imperiously-
imperiously - gebieterisch
"Peace! What are thy paltry domains, thy trivial interests, contrasted with matters which concern the weal of a nation and the integrity of a throne?" Then, he added, in a gentle voice, as if he were sorry for his severity, "Obey, and have No fear; I will right thee, I will make thee whole-yes, more than whole. I shall remember, and requite."
trivial - unbedeutend, bedeutungslos, belanglos, geringfügig, trivial
contrasted with - abgestochen
integrity - Integrität
No fear - Keine Bange!
So saying, he took the pen, and set himself to work. Hendon contemplated him lovingly a while, then said to himself-
"An’ it were dark, I should think it was a king that spoke; there’s no denying it, when the humour’s upon on him he doth thunder and lighten like your true King; now where got he that trick? See him scribble and scratch away contentedly at his meaningless pot-hooks, fancying them to be Latin and Greek-and except my wit shall serve me with a lucky device for diverting him from his purpose, I shall be forced to pretend to post away to-morrow on this wild errand he hath invented for me.
denying - leugnen, bestreiten, dementieren
scribble - kritzeln; Kritzelei
scratch - kratzen; zerkratzen, verkratzen, Kratzer
meaningless - sinnlos, bedeutungslos
pot - Blumentopf
fancying - Lust auf; extravagant, originell
lucky - glücklich
device - Gerät, Apparat, Einheit, Instrument
diverting - ablenkend; umlenken, umleiten, ablenken, unterhalten
invented - erfunden; erfinden, ausdenken, erfinden
The next moment Sir Miles’s thoughts had gone back to the recent episode. So absorbed was he in his musings, that when the King presently handed him the paper which he had been writing, he received it and pocketed it without being conscious of the act. "How marvellous strange she acted," he muttered. "I think she knew me-and I think she did not know me. These opinions do conflict, I perceive it plainly; I cannot reconcile them, neither can I, by argument, dismiss either of the two, or even persuade one to outweigh the other. The matter standeth simply thus: she must have known my face, my figure, my voice, for how could it be otherwise? Yet she saidshe knew me not, and that is proof perfect, for she cannot lie.
gone back - zurückbegeben
musings - Grübeleien; sinnend, grübelnd, nachgrübelnd, nachsinnend
pocketed - eingesteckt; Tasche
reconcile - versöhnen
persuade - überzeugen (zu);überzeugen (von);jdn. breitschlagen
outweigh - überwiegen; überragen, übertreffen, übersteigen
saidshe - sagte sie
Proof - Beweise; Beweis; polierte Platte; aufgehen lassen
But stop-I think I begin to see. Peradventure he hath influenced her, commanded her, compelled her to lie. That is the solution. The riddle is unriddled. She seemed dead with fear-yes, she was under his compulsion. I will seek her; I will find her; now that He is away, she will speak her true mind. She will remember the old times when we were little playfellows together, and this will soften her heart, and she will no more betray me, but will confess me. There is no treacherous blood in her-no, she was always honest and true. She has loved me, in those old days-this is my security; for whom one has loved, one cannot betray."
influenced - beeinflusst; Einfluss, Beeinflussung, Einfluss, Beeinflusser
compelled - gezwungen; zwingen, zwingen, nötigen, zwingen
unriddled - ungeschliffen; enträtseln
compulsion - Zwang, Zwangneurose
He is away - Er ist fort.
playfellows - Spielkameraden; Spielgefährte, Spielkamerad
soften - erweichen; aufweichen
He stepped eagerly toward the door; at that moment it opened, and the Lady Edith entered. She was very pale, but she walked with a firm step, and her carriage was full of grace and gentle dignity. Her face was as sad as before.
Miles sprang forward, with a happy confidence, to meet her, but she checked him with a hardly perceptible gesture, and he stopped where he was. She seated herself, and asked him to do likewise.
perceptible - wahrnehmbar, spürbar, fühlbar
Thus simply did she take the sense of old comradeship out of him, and transform him into a stranger and a guest. The surprise of it, the bewildering unexpectedness of it, made him begin to question, for a moment, if he was the person he was pretending to be, after all. The Lady Edith said-
transform - verwandeln, transformieren, umwandeln
bewildering - verwirrend; verwirren, durcheinanderbringen
unexpectedness - Unerwartetes; Plötzlichkeit
pretending - vorgeben, prätendieren, vortäuschen, so tun, als ob, tun
"Sir, I have come to warn you. The mad cannot be persuaded out of their delusions, perchance; but doubtless they may be persuaded to avoid perils. I think this dream of yours hath the seeming of honest truth to you, and therefore is not criminal-but do not tarry here with it; for here it is dangerous.
criminal - kriminell; Krimineller, Kriminelle, Verbrecher, Verbrecherin
She looked steadily into Miles’s face a moment, then added, impressively, "It is the more dangerous for that you are much like what our lost lad must have grown to be if he had lived."
more dangerous - gefährlichere
"Heavens, madam, but I am he!"
heavens - Himmel, Firmament
"I truly think you think it, sir. I question not your honesty in that; I but warn you, that is all. My husband is master in this region; his power hath hardly any limit; the people prosper or starve, as he wills. If you resembled not the man whom you profess to be, my husband might bid you pleasure yourself with your dream in peace; but trust me, I know him well; I know what he will do; he will say to all that you are but a mad impostor, and straightway all will echo him.
honesty - Ehrlichkeit; Mondviole, Silberblatt
Prosper - Wohlstand; gedeihen, prosperieren, florieren
profess - bekennen
bid - Angebot, reizen, Gebot, Bieten, bieten
Echo - Echo, Widerhall, Tastaturecho, Bildschirmecho, widerhallen
She bent upon Miles that same steady look once more, and added: "If you were Miles Hendon, and he knew it and all the region knew it-consider what I am saying, weigh it well-you would stand in the same peril, your punishment would be no less sure; he would deny you and denounce you, and none would be bold enough to give you countenance."
weigh - wiegen, wägen, abwiegen, auswiegen, abwägen, erwägen, lasten
"Most truly I believe it," said Miles, bitterly. "The power that can command one life-long friend to betray and disown another, and be obeyed, may well look to be obeyed in quarters where bread and life are on the stake and no cobweb ties of loyalty and honour are concerned."
bitterly - verbittert; bitterlich
disown - verstoßen, verleugnen, ableugnen, enteignen
cobweb - Spinnengewebe, Spinnwebe, Spinnennetz
ties - Krawatten; zusammenbinden
loyalty - Treue, Loyalität
concerned - besorgt; Sorge, Anliegen
A faint tinge appeared for a moment in the lady’s cheek, and she dropped her eyes to the floor; but her voice betrayed no emotion when she proceeded-
tinge - Färbung; tönen
"I have warned you-I must still warn you-to go hence. This man will destroy you, else. He is a tyrant who knows no pity. I, who am his fettered slave, know this. Poor Miles, and Arthur, and my dear guardian, Sir Richard, are free of him, and at rest: better that you were with them than that you bide here in the clutches of this miscreant.
Miscreant - Bösewicht; gewissenloser Mensch, Übeltäter, Schurke
Your pretensions are a menace to his title and possessions; you have assaulted him in his own house: you are ruined if you stay. Go-do not hesitate. If you lack money, take this purse, I beg of you, and bribe the servants to let you pass. Oh, be warned, poor soul, and escape while you may."
menace - Bedrohung; Landplage, androhen
bribe - Bestechungsgeld, Schmiergeld, bestechen, schmieren, kaufen
Miles declined the purse with a gesture, and rose up and stood before her.
"Grant me one thing," he said. "Let your eyes rest upon mine, so that I may see if they be steady. There-now answer me. Am I Miles Hendon?"
rest upon - basieren
"No. I know you not."
"Swear it!"
swear - schwören
The answer was low, but distinct-
distinct - deutlich
"I swear."
"Oh, this passes belief!"
passes - Pässe; (to pass) durchgehen, passieren, durchlaufen
belief - Glauben; Glaube
"Fly! Why will you waste the precious time? Fly, and save yourself."
At that moment the officers burst into the room, and a violent struggle began; but Hendon was soon overpowered and dragged away. The King was taken also, and both were bound and led to prison.
overpowered - übermächtig; überwältigen, übermannen
prison - Gefängnis, Knast, Haft, Gefangenschaft
The cells were all crowded; so the two friends were chained in a large room where persons charged with trifling offences were commonly kept. They had company, for there were some twenty manacled and fettered prisoners here, of both sexes and of varying ages,-an obscene and noisy gang. The King chafed bitterly over the stupendous indignity thus put upon his royalty, but Hendon was moody and taciturn. He was pretty thoroughly bewildered; he had come home, a jubilant prodigal, expecting to find everybody wild with joy over his return; and instead had got the cold shoulder and a jail.
cells - Zellen; Zelle, Speicherzelle
crowded - überfüllt; Menschenmenge, Masse
chained - angekettet; Kette, Kette, Kette, Kette, anketten, ketten
offences - Straftaten; Vergehen; Angriff, Verstoß (gegen), Beleidigung
commonly - allgemein; gewöhnlich
manacled - mit Handschellen; Handschellen
varying - unterschiedlich; variieren, verändern, sich ändern, de
obscene - obszön, unanständig, checkunanständig, checkzotig
chafed - aufgescheuert; Reibungswärme, Schürfwunde, Verschleiß
indignity - Demütigung; Entwürdigung
moody - launisch; mürrisch; schwermütig
taciturn - schweigsam, wortkarg, maulfaul
The promise and the fulfilment differed so widely that the effect was stunning; he could not decide whether it was most tragic or most grotesque. He felt much as a man might who had danced blithely out to enjoy a rainbow, and got struck by lightning.
fulfilment - Erfüllung
differed - unterschieden; sich unterscheiden
widely - weit verbreitet; breit; entfernt
most tragic - tragischste
most grotesque - groteskeste
rainbow - Regenbogen; bunt, vielfarbig
But gradually his confused and tormenting thoughts settled down into some sort of order, and then his mind centred itself upon Edith. He turned her conduct over, and examined it in all lights, but he could not make anything satisfactory out of it. Did she know him-or didn’t she know him? It was a perplexing puzzle, and occupied him a long time; but he ended, finally, with the conviction that she did know him, and had repudiated him for interested reasons.
tormenting - gequält; schikanierend, peinigend; (torment); Qual; quälen
satisfactory - befriedigend, zufriedenstellend
repudiated - abgelehnt; verleugnen (sb./sth.), abstreiten, leugnen
He wanted to load her name with curses now; but this name had so long been sacred to him that he found he could not bring his tongue to profane it.
load - Last, Beschickung (Ladung), Belastung; beladen, ich lüde
Wrapped in prison blankets of a soiled and tattered condition, Hendon and the King passed a troubled night. For a bribe the jailer had furnished liquor to some of the prisoners; singing of ribald songs, fighting, shouting, and carousing was the natural consequence. At last, a while after midnight, a man attacked a woman and nearly killed her by beating her over the head with his manacles before the jailer could come to the rescue.
carousing - Zechgelage; Gelage abhalten, eine Gasterei veranstalten, zechen
consequence - Konsequenz, Folge
attacked - angegriffen; Attacke, Angriff, Angriff, Attacke, Anfall, Anfall
manacles - Fesseln; Handschellen
The jailer restored peace by giving the man a sound clubbing about the head and shoulders-then the carousing ceased; and after that, all had an opportunity to sleep who did not mind the annoyance of the moanings and groanings of the two wounded people.
annoyance - Ärger, Ärgernis, Verärgerung, Verdruss
moanings - Stöhnen
groanings - Seufzen; ächzend, stöhnend, Ächzen
During the ensuing week, the days and nights were of a monotonous sameness as to events; men whose faces Hendon remembered more or less distinctly, came, by day, to gaze at the ‘impostor’ and repudiate and insult him; and by night the carousing and brawling went on with symmetrical regularity. However, there was a change of incident at last. The jailer brought in an old man, and said to him-
ensuing - folgen, ansetzen, erfolgen, nachfolgen, resultieren
monotonous - eintönig
sameness - Gleichheit, Gleichartigkeit, Gleichförmigkeit
repudiate - ablehnen; verleugnen (sb./sth.); abstreiten, zurückweisen
symmetrical - symmetrisch
regularity - Regelmäßigkeit
incident - Vorfall, Begebenheit, Ereignis, Geschehnis
"The villain is in this room-cast thy old eyes about and see if thou canst say which is he."
Hendon glanced up, and experienced a pleasant sensation for the first time since he had been in the jail. He said to himself, "This is Blake Andrews, a servant all his life in my father’s family-a good honest soul, with a right heart in his breast. That is, formerly. But none are true now; all are liars. This man will know me-and will deny me, too, like the rest."
sensation - Gefühl, Empfindung, Sensation
Andrews - Andreas, Andreas
Formerly - früher, ehemals
liars - Lügner, Lügnerin
The old man gazed around the room, glanced at each face in turn, and finally said-
"I see none here but paltry knaves, scum o’ the streets. Which is he?"
The jailer laughed.
"Here," he said; "scan this big animal, and grant me an opinion."
The old man approached, and looked Hendon over, long and earnestly, then shook his head and said-
"Marry, this is no Hendon-nor ever was!"
"Right! Thy old eyes are sound yet. An’ I were Sir Hugh, I would take the shabby carle and-"
carle - (arch) Gewölbe, Bogen, Fußrücken
The jailer finished by lifting himself a-tip-toe with an imaginary halter, at the same time making a gurgling noise in his throat suggestive of suffocation. The old man said, vindictively-
tip - Tipp; Tip
toe - Zeh, Zehe, Spur, Vorspur (5)
gurgling - gurgelnd; (gurgle); gurgeln; Gurgeln
suggestive - suggestiv
suffocation - Erstickung
vindictively - Rachsüchtig
"Let him bless God an’ he fare no worse. An’ I had the handling o’ the villain he should roast, or I am no true man!"
roast - braten; rösten; Braten; gebraten
The jailer laughed a pleasant hyena laugh, and said-
hyena - Hyäne
"Give him a piece of thy mind, old man-they all do it. Thou’lt find it good diversion."
diversion - Ablenkung, Ablenkungsmanöver, Unterhaltung
Then he sauntered toward his ante-room and disappeared. The old man dropped upon his knees and whispered-
ante - vor
"God be thanked, thou’rt come again, my master! I believed thou wert dead these seven years, and lo, here thou art alive! I knew thee the moment I saw thee; and main hard work it was to keep a stony countenance and seem to see none here but tuppenny knaves and rubbish o’ the streets. I am old and poor, Sir Miles; but say the word and I will go forth and proclaim the truth though I be strangled for it."
strangled - erdrosselt; strangulieren, erwürgen
"No," said Hendon; "thou shalt not. It would ruin thee, and yet help but little in my cause. But I thank thee, for thou hast given me back somewhat of my lost faith in my kind."
The old servant became very valuable to Hendon and the King; for he dropped in several times a day to ‘abuse’ the former, and always smuggled in a few delicacies to help out the prison bill of fare; he also furnished the current news. Hendon reserved the dainties for the King; without them his Majesty might not have survived, for he was not able to eat the coarse and wretched food provided by the jailer.
dropped in - (drop in) Störsignal
smuggled - geschmuggelt; schmuggeln, schmuggeln
delicacies - Köstlichkeiten; Feinheit, Zartheit, Delikatesse, Leckerbissen
help out - aushelfen
current - Strömung; Strom; gegenwärtig, aktuell, zeitnah
reserved - Reservieren
wretched - unglücklich; sehr schlecht, miserabel, wertlos
Andrews was obliged to confine himself to brief visits, in order to avoid suspicion; but he managed to impart a fair degree of information each time-information delivered in a low voice, for Hendon’s benefit, and interlarded with insulting epithets delivered in a louder voice for the benefit of other hearers.
confine - einschränken; beschränken; Begrenzung
louder - lauter; laut
hearers - Hörer, Zuhörer
So, little by little, the story of the family came out. Arthur had been dead six years. This loss, with the absence of news from Hendon, impaired the father’s health; he believed he was going to die, and he wished to see Hugh and Edith settled in life before he passed away; but Edith begged hard for delay, hoping for Miles’s return; then the letter came which brought the news of Miles’s death; the shock prostrated Sir Richard; he believed his end was very near, and he and Hugh insisted upon the marriage; Edith begged for and obtained a month’s respite, then another, and finally a third; the marriage then took place by the death-bed of Sir Richard.
absence - Abwesenheit, Absenz, Fehlen, Absence
impaired - beeinträchtigt; beeinträchtigen, schädigen
wished - gewollt; Wunsch, wünschen, wünschen
marriage - Ehe, Heirat, Hochzeit, Eheschließung
It had not proved a happy one. It was whispered about the country that shortly after the nuptials the bride found among her husband’s papers several rough and incomplete drafts of the fatal letter, and had accused him of precipitating the marriage-and Sir Richard’s death, too-by a wicked forgery. Tales of cruelty to the Lady Edith and the servants were to be heard on all hands; and since the father’s death Sir Hugh had thrown off all soft disguises and become a pitiless master toward all who in any way depended upon him and his domains for bread.
shortly - in Kürze; bald
nuptials - Heiraten; hochzeitlich
incomplete - unvollständig
drafts - Entwürfe; Zug, Luftzug, Durchzug, Zugluft, Zug, Schluck, Zug
fatal - verhängnisvoll, fatal, tödlich
precipitating - Ausschlaggebend; Niederschlag; ausscheiden, stürzen, fällen
Forgery - Schmieden; Fälschen, Fälschung, Falsifikat
cruelty - Grausamkeit, Quälerei
thrown - geworfen; Wurf; werfen (du wirfst, er wirft), ich/er/sie würfe
disguises - Verkleidungen; Verkleidung, Tarnung, verstellen
depended - abhängt; abhängen, ankommen
There was a bit of Andrew’s gossip which the King listened to with a lively interest-
"There is rumour that the King is mad. But in charity forbear to say I mentioned it, for ‘tis death to speak of it, they say."
His Majesty glared at the old man and said-
glared - geblendet; Blendung, entrüstetes Starren
"The King is not mad, good man-and thou’lt find it to thy advantage to busy thyself with matters that nearer concern thee than this seditious prattle."
seditious - aufrührerisch
prattle - plappern; schwatzen; Geplapper
"What doth the lad mean?" said Andrews, surprised at this brisk assault from such an unexpected quarter. Hendon gave him a sign, and he did not pursue his question, but went on with his budget-
assault - Anschlag, Überfall, Angriff, überfallen, angreifen
budget - Budget, Etat, Haushalt
"The late King is to be buried at Windsor in a day or two-the 16th of the month-and the new King will be crowned at Westminster the 20th."
"Methinks they must needs find him first," muttered his Majesty; then added, confidently, "but they will look to that-and so also shall I."
confidently - zuversichtlich
"In the name of-"
But the old man got no further-a warning sign from Hendon checked his remark. He resumed the thread of his gossip-
"Sir Hugh goeth to the coronation-and with grand hopes. He confidently looketh to come back a peer, for he is high in favour with the Lord Protector."
coronation - Krönung
in favour - zugunsten [alt], zu Gunsten, für
"What Lord Protector?" asked his Majesty.
"His Grace the Duke of Somerset."
"What Duke of Somerset?"
"Marry, there is but one-Seymour, Earl of Hertford."
The King asked sharply-
"Since when is he a duke, and Lord Protector?"
"Since the last day of January."
"And prithee who made him so?"
"Himself and the Great Council-with help of the King."
His Majesty started violently. "The King!" he cried. "What king, good sir?"
"What king, indeed! (God-a-mercy, what aileth the boy?) Sith we have but one, ‘tis not difficult to answer-his most sacred Majesty King Edward the Sixth-whom God preserve! Yea, and a dear and gracious little urchin is he, too; and whether he be mad or no-and they say he mendeth daily-his praises are on all men’s lips; and all bless him, likewise, and offer prayers that he may be spared to reign long in England; for he began humanely with saving the old Duke of Norfolk’s life, and now is he bent on destroying the cruellest of the laws that harry and oppress the people.
urchin - Seeigel; Bengel, Lümmel, Lausbube, Racker
praises - lobt; Lob
prayers - Gebete; (the Lord's Prayer) Paternoster
be spared - von etw. verschont bleiben
humanely - menschenwürdig
bent on - versessen sein
destroying - zerstören, vernichten, qualifier
cruellest - am grausamsten; schrecklich; grausam (gegen)
oppress - unterdrücken
This news struck his Majesty dumb with amazement, and plunged him into so deep and dismal a reverie that he heard no more of the old man’s gossip. He wondered if the ‘little urchin’ was the beggar-boy whom he left dressed in his own garments in the palace. It did not seem possible that this could be, for surely his manners and speech would betray him if he pretended to be the Prince of Wales-then he would be driven out, and search made for the true prince.
dismal - düster; unzureichend, unzulänglich, jämmerlich, kläglich
garments - Kleidungsstücke; Kleidungsstück
driven out - ausgetrieben
Could it be that the Court had set up some sprig of the nobility in his place? No, for his uncle would not allow that-he was all-powerful and could and would crush such a movement, of course. The boy’s musings profited him nothing; the more he tried to unriddle the mystery the more perplexed he became, the more his head ached, and the worse he slept. His impatience to get to London grew hourly, and his captivity became almost unendurable.
sprig - Zweiglein, Büschchen, Büschel, junger Hüpfer
all-powerful - (all-powerful) allmächtig
crush - verknallt; Schwarm; zerdrücken
profited - profitiert; Gewinn, Profit, Gewinn, nützen, profitieren
unriddle - enträtseln
mystery - Geheimnis, Rätsel
ached - schmerzen; Schmerz
hourly - stündlich, allstündlich
unendurable - unerträglich
Hendon’s arts all failed with the King-he could not be comforted; but a couple of women who were chained near him succeeded better. Under their gentle ministrations he found peace and learned a degree of patience. He was very grateful, and came to love them dearly and to delight in the sweet and soothing influence of their presence. He asked them why they were in prison, and when they said they were Baptists, he smiled, and inquired-
ministrations - Dienste; Dienst, Fürsorge, Pflege
soothing - erleichternd, lindernd, beruhigend; (sooth); Wahrheit
Baptists - Baptist, Baptistin, baptistisch, Baptisten-
"Is that a crime to be shut up for in a prison? Now I grieve, for I shall lose ye-they will not keep ye long for such a little thing."
long for - verlangen nach, ersehnen
They did not answer; and something in their faces made him uneasy. He said, eagerly-
"You do not speak; be good to me, and tell me-there will be no other punishment? Prithee tell me there is no fear of that."
They tried to change the topic, but his fears were aroused, and he pursued it-
aroused - erregt; reizen, aufreizen, anregen, erregen, entfachen
"Will they scourge thee? No, no, they would not be so cruel! Say they would not. Come, they will not, will they?"
The women betrayed confusion and distress, but there was no avoiding an answer, so one of them said, in a voice choked with emotion-
avoiding - ausweichen, meiden, fernbleiben, vermeiden, entkräften
choked - gewürgt; erwürgen, erdrosseln, ersticken, überwältigen
"Oh, thou’lt break our hearts, thou gentle spirit!-God will help us to bear our-"
"It is a confession!" the King broke in. "Then they will scourge thee, the stony-hearted wretches! But oh, thou must not weep, I cannot bear it. Keep up thy courage-I shall come to my own in time to save thee from this bitter thing, and I will do it!"
confession - Bekenntnis, Eingeständnis, Beichte
wretches - Schufte; das Wesen
When the King awoke in the morning, the women were gone.
"They are saved!" he said, joyfully; then added, despondently, "but woe is me!-for they were my comforters."
joyfully - freudig
comforters - Tröster, Bettdecke, Plumeau
Each of them had left a shred of ribbon pinned to his clothing, in token of remembrance. He said he would keep these things always; and that soon he would seek out these dear good friends of his and take them under his protection.
shred - Schrot; Schnitzel, Stückchen; fetzen, zerfetzen
token - Zeichen, Symbol, Andenken, Souvenir, Erinnerung, Jeton
Just then the jailer came in with some subordinates, and commanded that the prisoners be conducted to the jail-yard. The King was overjoyed-it would be a blessed thing to see the blue sky and breathe the fresh air once more. He fretted and chafed at the slowness of the officers, but his turn came at last, and he was released from his staple and ordered to follow the other prisoners with Hendon.
subordinates - untergeordnet, nachgeordnet, untergeordnet, nachgeordnet
overjoyed - überglücklich machen
fretted - beunruhigt; sich grämen
slowness - Langsamkeit, Trägheit
staple - Heftklammer
The court or quadrangle was stone-paved, and open to the sky. The prisoners entered it through a massive archway of masonry, and were placed in file, standing, with their backs against the wall. A rope was stretched in front of them, and they were also guarded by their officers.
quadrangle - Viereck
paved - gepflastert; mit Platten auslegen, pflastern, bepflastern
massive - massiv
archway - Torbogen, Arkade, Bogengang
It was a chill and lowering morning, and a light snow which had fallen during the night whitened the great empty space and added to the general dismalness of its aspect. Now and then a wintry wind shivered through the place and sent the snow eddying hither and thither.
whitened - geweißt; weißen, erman: weiß werden
empty space - Leerraum , luftleerer Raum
dismalness - Tristesse; Düsterkeit
wintry - winterlich
shivered - gezittert; Schauder, Schauer, zittern, frösteln
eddying - verwirbelt; Strudel
In the centre of the court stood two women, chained to posts. A glance showed the King that these were his good friends. He shuddered, and said to himself, "Alack, they are not gone free, as I had thought. To think that such as these should know the lash!-in England! Ay, there’s the shame of it-not in Heathennesse, Christian England! They will be scourged; and I, whom they have comforted and kindly entreated, must look on and see the great wrong done; it is strange, so strange, that I, the very source of power in this broad realm, am helpless to protect them.
Christian - Christ, Christin, Christian, christlich
scourged - gegeißelt; Plage, Geißel, Last, Bürde, Heimsuchung, Pest
But let these miscreants look well to themselves, for there is a day coming when I will require of them a heavy reckoning for this work. For every blow they strike now, they shall feel a hundred then."
miscreants - Bösewichte; gewissenloser Mensch, Übeltäter, Schurke
reckoning - Rechenschaft ablegen; Abrechnung; (reckon) Rechenschaft ablegen; Abrechnung
A great gate swung open, and a crowd of citizens poured in. They flocked around the two women, and hid them from the King’s view. A clergyman entered and passed through the crowd, and he also was hidden.
poured in - eingefüllt
clergyman - Pfarrer, Pastor, Kleriker, Geistlicher
passed through - durchgelaufen
hidden - versteckt; verbergen, verheimlichen, verstecken, verdecken
The King now heard talking, back and forth, as if questions were being asked and answered, but he could not make out what was said. Next there was a deal of bustle and preparation, and much passing and repassing of officials through that part of the crowd that stood on the further side of the women; and whilst this proceeded a deep hush gradually fell upon the people.
bustle - Betriebsamkeit; Hektik; hasten
repassing - wiederholen; wieder vorbeikommen
Now, by command, the masses parted and fell aside, and the King saw a spectacle that froze the marrow in his bones. Faggots had been piled about the two women, and a kneeling man was lighting them!
masses - Massen; Messe (kirchlich), Gottesdienst, Menge
froze - eingefroren; frieren
piled - gestapelt; Haufen, Pfahl, Pulk
The women bowed their heads, and covered their faces with their hands; the yellow flames began to climb upward among the snapping and crackling faggots, and wreaths of blue smoke to stream away on the wind; the clergyman lifted his hands and began a prayer-just then two young girls came flying through the great gate, uttering piercing screams, and threw themselves upon the women at the stake. Instantly they were torn away by the officers, and one of them was kept in a tight grip, but the other broke loose, saying she would die with her mother; and before she could be stopped she had flung her arms about her mother’s neck again. She was torn away once more, and with her gown on fire. Two or three men held her, and the burning portion of her gown was snatched off and thrown flaming aside, she struggling all the while to free herself, and saying she would be alone in the world, now; and begging to be allowed to die with her mother. Both the girls screamed continually, and fought for freedom; but suddenly this tumult was drowned under a volley of heart-piercing shrieks of mortal agony-the King glanced from the frantic girls to the stake, then turned away and leaned his ashen face against the wall, and looked no more.
Snapping - schnappend, knipsend, Ermittlung; (snap); Knacken, Knallen
crackling - Knistern; erman:; (crackle); Knistern
wreaths - Kränze; Kranz, Gebinde
smoke - rauchen; Rauch
stream - Bach; Strom; Datenstrom; strömen; streamen
uttering - auszusprechen; (utter) auszusprechen
piercing - Piercing; durchdringend, stechend, beißend
screams - schreit; Schrei, schreien
torn away - weggerissen
screamed - geschrien; Schrei, schreien
continually - ständig, andauernd, immer wieder, immerzu
tumult - Aufruhr; Tumult, Krach, Lärm, lautes Stimmengewirr
drowned - ertrunken; ertrinken, ertränken, überwältigen
shrieks - Schreie; Kreischen
He said, "That which I have seen, in that one little moment, will never go out from my memory, but will abide there; and I shall see it all the days, and dream of it all the nights, till I die. Would God I had been blind!"
Hendon was watching the King. He said to himself, with satisfaction, "His disorder mendeth; he hath changed, and groweth gentler. If he had followed his wont, he would have stormed at these varlets, and said he was King, and commanded that the women be turned loose unscathed. Soon his delusion will pass away and be forgotten, and his poor mind will be whole again. God speed the day!"
disorder - Unordnung; Unruhen; Störung
groweth - wächst
gentler - sanfter; liebenswürdig, einfühlsam, sanftmütig, sanft
varlets - Knappen; (arch) Gewölbe, Bogen, Fußrücken
delusion - Täuschung, Irreführung, Wahn, Wahnvorstellung
pass away - verrauschen, sterben, dahinscheiden, versterben, verscheiden
That same day several prisoners were brought in to remain over night, who were being conveyed, under guard, to various places in the kingdom, to undergo punishment for crimes committed. The King conversed with these-he had made it a point, from the beginning, to instruct himself for the kingly office by questioning prisoners whenever the opportunity offered-and the tale of their woes wrung his heart. One of them was a poor half-witted woman who had stolen a yard or two of cloth from a weaver-she was to be hanged for it. Another was a man who had been accused of stealing a horse; he said the proof had failed, and he had imagined that he was safe from the halter; but no-he was hardly free before he was arraigned for killing a deer in the King’s park; this was proved against him, and now he was on his way to the gallows.
undergo - unterziehen; durchmachen
conversed - unterhielten; Umkehrung, umgekehrt, Gegenteil
woes - Sorgen; Weh
weaver - Weber, Weberin, Webervogel
stealing - stehlend, entwendend; (steal); stehlen, entwenden, klauen
arraigned - angeklagt; anklagen, qualifier
killing - Töten, Erlegen; (kill); Töten, Erlegen
deer - Rehe; Hirsch
There was a tradesman’s apprentice whose case particularly distressed the King; this youth said he found a hawk, one evening, that had escaped from its owner, and he took it home with him, imagining himself entitled to it; but the court convicted him of stealing it, and sentenced him to death.
tradesman - Handwerker, Facharbeiter, gelernter Arbeiter
apprentice - Lehrling, Auszubildender, Auszubildende, Azubi
hawk - Falke, Habicht; auf der Straße verkaufen, beizen (Jagd)
entitled - berechtigt; betiteln, benennen, den Titel verleihen
The King was furious over these inhumanities, and wanted Hendon to break jail and fly with him to Westminster, so that he could mount his throne and hold out his sceptre in mercy over these unfortunate people and save their lives. "Poor child," sighed Hendon, "these woeful tales have brought his malady upon him again; alack, but for this evil hap, he would have been well in a little time."
inhumanities - Unmenschlichkeiten; Unmenschlichkeit, Inhumanität
hold out - hinstrecken (z. B. Hand), aushalten, ausharren
hap - Zufall
Among these prisoners was an old lawyer-a man with a strong face and a dauntless mien. Three years past, he had written a pamphlet against the Lord Chancellor, accusing him of injustice, and had been punished for it by the loss of his ears in the pillory, and degradation from the bar, and in addition had been fined 3,000 pounds and sentenced to imprisonment for life.
lawyer - Rechtsanwalt, Rechtsanwältin
dauntless - unerschrocken, furchtlos
pamphlet - Flugschrift
accusing - anklagend; beschuldigen, anklagen
injustice - Unrecht; Ungerechtigkeit
punished - bestraft; bestrafen, strafen
pillory - Pranger, Schandpfahl, an den Pranger stellen
degradation - Verschlechterung; Degradierung
Addition - Zufügung, Hinzufügung, Zusatz, Addition, Summant
Lately he had repeated his offence; and in consequence was now under sentence to lose what remained of his ears, pay a fine of 5,000 pounds, be branded on both cheeks, and remain in prison for life.
lately - in letzter Zeit; neulich, kürzlich, letztlich
"These be honourable scars," he said, and turned back his grey hair and showed the mutilated stubs of what had once been his ears.
scars - Narben; Narbe
stubs - Stümpfe; Stummel; Stumpf, Abreißzettel, Stub, Stutzen, Abriss
The King’s eye burned with passion. He said-
"None believe in me-neither wilt thou. But no matter-within the compass of a month thou shalt be free; and more, the laws that have dishonoured thee, and shamed the English name, shall be swept from the statute books. The world is made wrong; kings should go to school to their own laws, at times, and so learn mercy." {1}
dishonoured - entehrt; Schande, schänden
shamed - beschämt; Schamgefühl; Scham, Schande
statute - Statut
Meantime Miles was growing sufficiently tired of confinement and inaction. But now his trial came on, to his great gratification, and he thought he could welcome any sentence provided a further imprisonment should not be a part of it. But he was mistaken about that. He was in a fine fury when he found himself described as a ‘sturdy vagabond’ and sentenced to sit two hours in the stocks for bearing that character and for assaulting the master of Hendon Hall.
inaction - Untätigkeit, Tatenlosigkeit, Trägheit, Nichtstun
vagabond - Vagabund, Landstreicher, Landstreicherin
assaulting - anzugreifen; Anschlag, Überfall, Angriff, überfallen, angreifen
His pretensions as to brothership with his prosecutor, and rightful heirship to the Hendon honours and estates, were left contemptuously unnoticed, as being not even worth examination.
brothership - Brüderlichkeit
Prosecutor - Ankläger; Staatsanwalt, Staatsanwältin, Amtsanwalt
heirship - Erbenschaft
estates - Nachlässe; Stand, Gut
unnoticed - unbemerkt
examination - Prüfung, Untersuchung, Test, Überprüfung
He raged and threatened on his way to punishment, but it did no good; he was snatched roughly along by the officers, and got an occasional cuff, besides, for his irreverent conduct.
raged - gewütet; Fummel, Lumpen, Putzlappen, Unfug
occasional - gelegentlich, okkasionell
cuff - Manschette; Hosenaufschlag, Umschlag (an der Hose)
irreverent - pietätlos
The King could not pierce through the rabble that swarmed behind; so he was obliged to follow in the rear, remote from his good friend and servant. The King had been nearly condemned to the stocks himself for being in such bad company, but had been let off with a lecture and a warning, in consideration of his youth. When the crowd at last halted, he flitted feverishly from point to point around its outer rim, hunting a place to get through; and at last, after a deal of difficulty and delay, succeeded. There sat his poor henchman in the degrading stocks, the sport and butt of a dirty mob-he, the body servant of the King of England!
swarmed - geschwärmt; Schwarm, Schwarm
let off - abgelassen;abfeuern, aussteigen lassen
in consideration of - in Anbetracht
rim - Felge, Rand, Radkranz
hunting - Jagd; (hunt); jagen; suchen; Jagd
henchman - Gefolgsmann; Handlanger, Handlangerin, Scherge, Anhänger
degrading - erniedrigend; degradieren, herabstufen, herunterstufen
body servant - Kammerdiener
Edward had heard the sentence pronounced, but he had not realised the half that it meant. His anger began to rise as the sense of this new indignity which had been put upon him sank home; it jumped to summer heat, the next moment, when he saw an egg sail through the air and crush itself against Hendon’s cheek, and heard the crowd roar its enjoyment of the episode. He sprang across the open circle and confronted the officer in charge, crying-
jumped - gesprungen; (to jump) springen, hüpfen
sail through - durchsegeln
circle - Kreis, Zirkel, Augenringe, umkreisen, einkreisen
confronted - konfrontiert; konfrontieren, entgegentreten, Sache
"For shame! This is my servant-set him free! I am the-"
"Oh, peace!" exclaimed Hendon, in a panic, "thou’lt destroy thyself. Mind him not, officer, he is mad."
panic - Panik, panisch
"Give thyself no trouble as to the matter of minding him, good man, I have small mind to mind him; but as to teaching him somewhat, to that I am well inclined." He turned to a subordinate and said, "Give the little fool a taste or two of the lash, to mend his manners."
minding - kümmern; Verstand, t+Geist, t+Sinn, Bewusstsein
subordinate - untergeordnet, nachgeordnet, Untergebene, Befehlsempfänger
"Half a dozen will better serve his turn," suggested Sir Hugh, who had ridden up, a moment before, to take a passing glance at the proceedings.
proceedings - fortsetzend, verfahrend
The King was seized. He did not even struggle, so paralysed was he with the mere thought of the monstrous outrage that was proposed to be inflicted upon his sacred person. History was already defiled with the record of the scourging of an English king with whips-it was an intolerable reflection that he must furnish a duplicate of that shameful page.
paralysed - gelähmt; lahmlegen; lähmen
outrage - Empörung; Untat, Gräueltat, (empörendes) Verbrechen
defiled - verunreinigt; defilieren
scourging - Geißelung; Plage, Geißel, Last, Bürde, Heimsuchung, Pest
reflection - Reflexion, Abbild, Reflektion, Abwägung
duplicate - Duplikat; dupliziert, verdoppelt, vervielfältigen, kopieren
He was in the toils, there was no help for him; he must either take this punishment or beg for its remission. Hard conditions; he would take the stripes-a king might do that, but a king could not beg.
remission - Erlass; Gebührenbefreiung, Vergebung, Abnahme
conditions - Bedingungen; Bedingung, Kondition, Bedingung, Voraussetzung
stripes - gestreift; Streifen
But meantime, Miles Hendon was resolving the difficulty. "Let the child go," said he; "ye heartless dogs, do ye not see how young and frail he is? Let him go-I will take his lashes."
resolving - auflösen, beschließen
heartless - herzlos
lashes - Wimpern; Peitsche, Wimper; anbinden
"Marry, a good thought-and thanks for it," said Sir Hugh, his face lighting with a sardonic satisfaction. "Let the little beggar go, and give this fellow a dozen in his place-an honest dozen, well laid on." The King was in the act of entering a fierce protest, but Sir Hugh silenced him with the potent remark, "Yes, speak up, do, and free thy mind-only, mark ye, that for each word you utter he shall get six strokes the more."
sardonic - sardonisch
laid on - aufgestrichen
entering - eintreten; eingegeben; (enter); reingehen, hineingehen
silenced - zum Schweigen gebracht; Stille, Schweigen
potent - Potente
speak up - lauter sprechen
strokes - Schlaganfälle; streicheln; Stoß, Schlag, Streich, Hub
Hendon was removed from the stocks, and his back laid bare; and whilst the lash was applied the poor little King turned away his face and allowed unroyal tears to channel his cheeks unchecked. "Ah, brave good heart," he said to himself, "this loyal deed shall never perish out of my memory. I will not forget it-and neither shall they!" he added, with passion. Whilst he mused, his appreciation of Hendon’s magnanimous conduct grew to greater and still greater dimensions in his mind, and so also did his gratefulness for it.
unchecked - unkontrolliert
Presently he said to himself, "Who saves his prince from wounds and possible death-and this he did for me-performs high service; but it is little-it is nothing-oh, less than nothing!-when ‘tis weighed against the act of him who saves his prince from shame!"
saves - rettet; retten, erretten, sichern, speichern, sparen, speichern
wounds - anschießen, verwunden
performs - durchführt; verrichten, Arbeit leisten, Arbeit verrichten
weighed - gewogen; wiegen, wägen, abwiegen, auswiegen, abwägen, erwägen
Hendon made no outcry under the scourge, but bore the heavy blows with soldierly fortitude. This, together with his redeeming the boy by taking his stripes for him, compelled the respect of even that forlorn and degraded mob that was gathered there; and its gibes and hootings died away, and no sound remained but the sound of the falling blows.
outcry - Schrei; Aufschrei, Sturm der Entrüstung
soldierly - soldatisch
fortitude - Tapferkeit; innere
redeeming - erlösend; zurückkaufen, loslösen, freikaufen, befreien
degraded - verschlechtert; degradieren, herabstufen, herunterstufen
gibes - stichelt; verhöhnen, verspotten
The stillness that pervaded the place, when Hendon found himself once more in the stocks, was in strong contrast with the insulting clamour which had prevailed there so little a while before. The King came softly to Hendon’s side, and whispered in his ear-
pervaded - durchdrungen; durchziehen
contrast with - (Farbe) absetzen von, abstechen, gegen
clamour - zetern; Geschrei, Aufschrei, Lärm
"Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm thy nobility to men." He picked up the scourge from the ground, touched Hendon’s bleeding shoulders lightly with it, and whispered, "Edward of England dubs thee Earl!"
ennoble - adeln; veredeln
dubs - synchronisiert; titulieren
Hendon was touched. The water welled to his eyes, yet at the same time the grisly humour of the situation and circumstances so undermined his gravity that it was all he could do to keep some sign of his inward mirth from showing outside. To be suddenly hoisted, naked and gory, from the common stocks to the Alpine altitude and splendour of an Earldom, seemed to him the last possibility in the line of the grotesque. He said to himself, "Now am I finely tinselled, indeed! The spectre-knight of the Kingdom of Dreams and Shadows is become a spectre-earl-a dizzy flight for a callow wing!
undermined - unterminiert; unterlaufen, untergraben, unterminieren
gravity - Bedenklichkeit, Ernst, Erdanziehung, Gravitation, Schwerkraft
Wing - Flügel, Schwinge, Gebäudeflügel, Tragfläche, tTragflügel
hoisted - hochgezogen; hochziehen, hissen, Hebezeug
gory - blutig, blutrünstig, mörderisch
Alpine - alpin
altitude - Höhe
earldom - Grafschaft; Grafenwürde
possibility - Möglichkeit
grotesque - grotesk
tinselled - gezinnt; flittern, Lametta
dizzy - schwindelig, schwindelerregend, schwindlige
An’ this go on, I shall presently be hung like a very maypole with fantastic gauds and make-believe honours. But I shall value them, all valueless as they are, for the love that doth bestow them. Better these poor mock dignities of mine, that come unasked, from a clean hand and a right spirit, than real ones bought by servility from grudging and interested power."
make-believe - (make-believe) weismachen
valueless - wertlos
dignities - Würden; Würde, Förmlichkeit, Amt
unasked - unaufgefordert
servility - Unterwürfigkeit; Servilität, Servilismus
grudging - widerwillig; (grudge); Groll, Neid, missgönnen
The dreaded Sir Hugh wheeled his horse about, and as he spurred away, the living wall divided silently to let him pass, and as silently closed together again. And so remained; nobody went so far as to venture a remark in favour of the prisoner, or in compliment to him; but no matter-the absence of abuse was a sufficient homage in itself.
dreaded - gefürchtet; schaudern, grauen, gruseln, grausen
wheeled - auf Rädern; Rad
spurred - beflügelt; anspornen, ankurbeln (Wirtsch.), beflügeln; Ansporn
divided - geteilt; aufteilen, teilen, einteilen, teilen, dividieren
silently - leise; schweigend, still
compliment - Kompliment, Lob, Anerkennung, Achtungsbezeugung
A late comer who was not posted as to the present circumstances, and who delivered a sneer at the ‘impostor,’ and was in the act of following it with a dead cat, was promptly knocked down and kicked out, without any words, and then the deep quiet resumed sway once more.
comer - Kommende
sneer - spotten; Spott; grinsen, spötteln
knocked down - (knock down) überfahren, zuschlagen, niederschlagen
sway - schwanken; Schwingen, Schwenken, Hin- und Herschwingen
When Hendon’s term of service in the stocks was finished, he was released and ordered to quit the region and come back no more. His sword was restored to him, and also his mule and his donkey. He mounted and rode off, followed by the King, the crowd opening with quiet respectfulness to let them pass, and then dispersing when they were gone.
quit - kündigen; verlassen; aufgeben, verlassen
respectfulness - Rücksichtnahme; Ehrbietigkeit
dispersing - verstreut; zerstreuen, qualifier
Hendon was soon absorbed in thought. There were questions of high import to be answered. What should he do? Whither should he go? Powerful help must be found somewhere, or he must relinquish his inheritance and remain under the imputation of being an impostor besides. Where could he hope to find this powerful help? Where, indeed! It was a knotty question. By-and-by a thought occurred to him which pointed to a possibility-the slenderest of slender possibilities, certainly, but still worth considering, for lack of any other that promised anything at all. He remembered what old Andrews had said about the young King’s goodness and his generous championship of the wronged and unfortunate. Why not go and try to get speech of him and beg for justice? Ah, yes, but could so fantastic a pauper get admission to the august presence of a monarch? Never mind-let that matter take care of itself; it was a bridge that would not need to be crossed till he should come to it. He was an old campaigner, and used to inventing shifts and expedients: no doubt he would be able to find a way.
absorbed in thought - in Gedanken versunken
inheritance - Vererbung; Erbschaft; Erbe, Erbteil
imputation - Anrechnung; Unterstellung
knotty - verknotet; knotig
slenderest - am schlanksten; schlank
possibilities - Möglichkeiten; Möglichkeit
Certainly - sicherlich, zweifellos, gewiss, freilich
championship - Meisterschaft
campaigner - Wahlkämpfer; Aktivist, Aktivistin
inventing - erfinden, ausdenken, erfinden
shifts - Verschiebungen; Schicht, Verschiebung, Verlagerung, Verstellung
expedients - Hilfsmittel; angebracht, opportun, hilfreich, passend
Yes, he would strike for the capital. Maybe his father’s old friend Sir Humphrey Marlow would help him-‘good old Sir Humphrey, Head Lieutenant of the late King’s kitchen, or stables, or something’-Miles could not remember just what or which. Now that he had something to turn his energies to, a distinctly defined object to accomplish, the fog of humiliation and depression which had settled down upon his spirits lifted and blew away, and he raised his head and looked about him. He was surprised to see how far he had come; the village was away behind him. The King was jogging along in his wake, with his head bowed; for he, too, was deep in plans and thinkings. A sorrowful misgiving clouded Hendon’s new-born cheerfulness: would the boy be willing to go again to a city where, during all his brief life, he had never known anything but ill-usage and pinching want? But the question must be asked; it could not be avoided; so Hendon reined up, and called out-
stables - Ställe; Rennstall (Pferdesport); dauerhaft, beständig, Stall
energies - Energien; Energie, Energie, Energie
defined - definiert; bestimmen, definieren, definieren
object to - Einspruch erheben gegen, beanstanden
Fog - umnebeln, verschleiern; (dicker) Nebel, Nebel
blew away - verwehte
sorrowful - Traurig
misgiving - Befürchtungen; Zweifel; (misgive) Befürchtungen; Zweifel
clouded - getrübt; verschleiern
new-born - (new-born) neugeboren
cheerfulness - Fröhlichkeit, Frohsinn, Freundlichkeit
pinching - zwickend, kneifend; (pinch); kneifen, zwicken, schnappen
avoided - vermieden; ausweichen, meiden, fernbleiben, vermeiden
reined - gezügelt; Zügel
"I had forgotten to inquire whither we are bound. Thy commands, my liege!"
"To London!"
Hendon moved on again, mightily contented with the answer-but astounded at it too.
contented with - begnügte
The whole journey was made without an adventure of importance. But it ended with one. About ten o’clock on the night of the 19th of February they stepped upon London Bridge, in the midst of a writhing, struggling jam of howling and hurrahing people, whose beer-jolly faces stood out strongly in the glare from manifold torches-and at that instant the decaying head of some former duke or other grandee tumbled down between them, striking Hendon on the elbow and then bounding off among the hurrying confusion of feet. So evanescent and unstable are men’s works in this world!-the late good King is but three weeks dead and three days in his grave, and already the adornments which he took such pains to select from prominent people for his noble bridge are falling.
writhing - sich winden; gekrümmt; (writhe); winden, krümmen
jam - Marmelade; stauen; Papierstau, Konfitüre, Stau
howling - brüllen, heulen, niederschreien; (howl); Heulen, jaulen
hurrahing - Hurrah; hurra, Hurra
jolly - fröhlich; vergnügt, lustig
manifold - Krümmer; vervielfältigen; Sammelrohr, mehrfach, vielfältig
grandee - Grande
tumbled - getrommelt; Sturz, Fall, Überschlag, Absturz, Purzelbaum, Rolle
elbow - Ellbogen; Rohrbogen; Ellbogenstoß; ellbögeln
bounding - Begrenzung; Sprung
evanescent - flüchtig
unstable - unstabil; instabil, labil
select - auswählen
A citizen stumbled over that head, and drove his own head into the back of somebody in front of him, who turned and knocked down the first person that came handy, and was promptly laid out himself by that person’s friend. It was the right ripe time for a free fight, for the festivities of the morrow-Coronation Day-were already beginning; everybody was full of strong drink and patriotism; within five minutes the free fight was occupying a good deal of ground; within ten or twelve it covered an acre of so, and was become a riot. By this time Hendon and the King were hopelessly separated from each other and lost in the rush and turmoil of the roaring masses of humanity. And so we leave them.
handy - praktisch; griffig, nützlich
festivities - Festlichkeiten; Fest
patriotism - Patriotismus
occupying - in Anspruch nehmen, belegen, bewohnen, besetzen, okkupieren
Acre - Morgen, Acker, Joch, Joch Landes
rush - stürzen, drängen, hetzen, rasen; Eile, Andrang
Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
poorly - dürftig, schlecht, arm
cuffed - mit Handschellen; Manschette; Hosenaufschlag
herding - Hüten; Herde
murderers - Mörder, Mörderin
impartially - unvoreingenommen
When we saw him last, royalty was just beginning to have a bright side for him. This bright side went on brightening more and more every day: in a very little while it was become almost all sunshine and delightfulness. He lost his fears; his misgivings faded out and died; his embarrassments departed, and gave place to an easy and confident bearing. He worked the whipping-boy mine to ever-increasing profit.
brightening - Aufhellung; aufhellen, schönen, aufhellen, aufhellen
embarrassments - Peinlichkeiten; Verlegenheit, Peinlichkeit, Betretenheit
confident - selbstbewusst; zuversichtlich, sicher
increasing - zunehmen; steigernd, anwachsend, ansteigend
He ordered my Lady Elizabeth and my Lady Jane Grey into his presence when he wanted to play or talk, and dismissed them when he was done with them, with the air of one familiarly accustomed to such performances. It no longer confused him to have these lofty personages kiss his hand at parting.
familiarly - Vertraut
He came to enjoy being conducted to bed in state at night, and dressed with intricate and solemn ceremony in the morning. It came to be a proud pleasure to march to dinner attended by a glittering procession of officers of state and gentlemen-at-arms; insomuch, indeed, that he doubled his guard of gentlemen-at-arms, and made them a hundred. He liked to hear the bugles sounding down the long corridors, and the distant voices responding, "Way for the King!
intricate - verwickelt
insomuch - insoweit
doubled - verdoppelt; doppelt, doppelt, doppel-, doppellagig, zweilagig
responding - antworten, reagieren
He even learned to enjoy sitting in throned state in council, and seeming to be something more than the Lord Protector’s mouthpiece. He liked to receive great ambassadors and their gorgeous trains, and listen to the affectionate messages they brought from illustrious monarchs who called him brother. O happy Tom Canty, late of Offal Court!
mouthpiece - Sprechmuschel, Sprechkapsel, Mundstück, Sprachrohr
affectionate - zärtlich
Monarchs - Monarchen; Monarch, Monarchin, Fürst
He enjoyed his splendid clothes, and ordered more: he found his four hundred servants too few for his proper grandeur, and trebled them. The adulation of salaaming courtiers came to be sweet music to his ears. He remained kind and gentle, and a sturdy and determined champion of all that were oppressed, and he made tireless war upon unjust laws: yet upon occasion, being offended, he could turn upon an earl, or even a duke, and give him a look that would make him tremble.
trebled - verdreifacht; verdreifachen; Stäbchen (beim Häkeln), dreifach
adulation - Bewunderung; Lobhudelei, Vergötterung
determined - bestimmt; bestimmen, eingrenzen, festlegen
oppressed - unterdrückt; unterdrücken
tireless - unermüdlich
unjust - ungerecht
Once, when his royal ‘sister,’ the grimly holy Lady Mary, set herself to reason with him against the wisdom of his course in pardoning so many people who would otherwise be jailed, or hanged, or burned, and reminded him that their august late father’s prisons had sometimes contained as high as sixty thousand convicts at one time, and that during his admirable reign he had delivered seventy-two thousand thieves and robbers over to death by the executioner, {9} the boy was filled with generous indignation, and commanded her to go to her closet, and beseech God to take away the stone that was in her breast, and give her a human heart.
grimly - grimmig
jailed - eingesperrt; Gefängnis
prisons - Gefängnisse; Gefängnis
contained - enthalten
convicts - Sträflinge; verurteilen, Sträfling
robbers - Räuber, Räuberin
executioner - Henker, Scharfrichter, Henkerin, Scharfrichterin
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Did Tom Canty never feel troubled about the poor little rightful prince who had treated him so kindly, and flown out with such hot zeal to avenge him upon the insolent sentinel at the palace-gate? Yes; his first royal days and nights were pretty well sprinkled with painful thoughts about the lost prince, and with sincere longings for his return, and happy restoration to his native rights and splendours.
flown out - ausgeflogen
avenge - rächen, ahnden
sentinel - Wache, Wachposten, Wächter, Wächterin, Markierung
sprinkled - bestreut; sprühen, besprühen, Nieselregen
sincere - aufrichtig
longings - Sehnsüchte; sehnsüchtig, Sehnsucht, sehnend
restoration - Restaurierung, Wiederherstellung, Restauration
But as time wore on, and the prince did not come, Tom’s mind became more and more occupied with his new and enchanting experiences, and by little and little the vanished monarch faded almost out of his thoughts; and finally, when he did intrude upon them at intervals, he was become an unwelcome spectre, for he made Tom feel guilty and ashamed.
enchanting - bezaubernd; verzaubern, verzaubern
intrude - eindringen, stören, eindrängen
Tom’s poor mother and sisters travelled the same road out of his mind. At first he pined for them, sorrowed for them, longed to see them, but later, the thought of their coming some day in their rags and dirt, and betraying him with their kisses, and pulling him down from his lofty place, and dragging him back to penury and degradation and the slums, made him shudder.
pined - geschmachtet; Zapfen, Bolzen
sorrowed - betrübt; Kummer, Traurigkeit, Trauer, Sorge, Kümmernis, Leiden
kisses - küssen
penury - Verarmung; geizige
slums - Elendsviertel
At last they ceased to trouble his thoughts almost wholly. And he was content, even glad: for, whenever their mournful and accusing faces did rise before him now, they made him feel more despicable than the worms that crawl.
despicable - verachtenswert, gemein, niederträchtig, verabscheuungswürdig
crawl - krabbeln; kriechen
At midnight of the 19th of February, Tom Canty was sinking to sleep in his rich bed in the palace, guarded by his loyal vassals, and surrounded by the pomps of royalty, a happy boy; for tomorrow was the day appointed for his solemn crowning as King of England.
sinking - sinken; Untergang; (sink); sinken; senken, versenken, Spüle
vassals - Vasallen; Vasall, Lehnsmann, Gefolgsmann, Gefolgsleute, Höriger
surrounded - umgeben, umringen, umzingeln, umringen
crowning - Krönung; krönend
At that same hour, Edward, the true king, hungry and thirsty, soiled and draggled, worn with travel, and clothed in rags and shreds-his share of the results of the riot-was wedged in among a crowd of people who were watching with deep interest certain hurrying gangs of workmen who streamed in and out of Westminster Abbey, busy as ants: they were making the last preparation for the royal coronation.
draggled - gezerrt; beschmutzen
shreds - Schnipsel; Schrot; Schnitzel, Stückchen; fetzen, zerfetzen
wedged - verkeilt; verkeilen, festklemmen
gangs - Banden; Clique, Bande, Rotte, Gruppe; abgleichen
streamed - gestreamt; Bach, Strom, Datenstrom, strömen, streamen
Abbey - Abtei; Klosterkirche
Ants - Ameisen; Ameise
When Tom Canty awoke the next morning, the air was heavy with a thunderous murmur: all the distances were charged with it. It was music to him; for it meant that the English world was out in its strength to give loyal welcome to the great day.
murmur - Rauschen, Murmeln, Gemurmel, Raunen, Herzgeräusch
Presently Tom found himself once more the chief figure in a wonderful floating pageant on the Thames; for by ancient custom the ‘recognition procession’ through London must start from the Tower, and he was bound thither.
Tom Canty, splendidly arrayed, mounted a prancing war-steed, whose rich trappings almost reached to the ground; his ‘uncle,’ the Lord Protector Somerset, similarly mounted, took place in his rear; the King’s Guard formed in single ranks on either side, clad in burnished armour; after the Protector followed a seemingly interminable procession of resplendent nobles attended by their vassals; after these came the lord mayor and the aldermanic body, in crimson velvet robes, and with their gold chains across their breasts; and after these the officers and members of all the guilds of London, in rich raiment, and bearing the showy banners of the several corporations. Also in the procession, as a special guard of honour through the city, was the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company-an organisation already three hundred years old at that time, and the only military body in England possessing the privilege (which it still possesses in our day) of holding itself independent of the commands of Parliament.
splendidly - prächtig; großartig, herrlich, glanzvoll, in großartiger Weise
prancing - tänzelnd; paradierend; (prance) tänzelnd; paradierend
steed - ein Pferd; erman: Ross (see also Stute )
trappings - Fallen; in die Falle lockend, einfangend
burnished - brüniert; polieren
resplendent - prächtig
aldermanic - aldermanisch
guilds - Zünfte; Gilde, Zunft
corporations - Konzerne; Körperschaft, Aktiengesellschaft
possessing - zu besitzen; besitzen, besitzen
possesses - besitzt; besitzen, besitzen
independent - unabhängig, selbständig
It was a brilliant spectacle, and was hailed with acclamations all along the line, as it took its stately way through the packed multitudes of citizens. The chronicler says, ‘The King, as he entered the city, was received by the people with prayers, welcomings, cries, and tender words, and all signs which argue an earnest love of subjects toward their sovereign; and the King, by holding up his glad countenance to such as stood afar off, and most tender language to those that stood nigh his Grace, showed himself no less thankful to receive the people’s goodwill than they to offer it. To all that wished him well, he gave thanks. To such as bade "God save his Grace," he said in return, "God save you all!" and added that "he thanked them with all his heart." Wonderfully transported were the people with the loving answers and gestures of their King.’
hailed - jdm. zujubeln; (Hail to thee!) Wohl dir!, Sei gegrüßt!
welcomings - Begrüßungen
argue - diskutieren, erörtern, streiten, argumentieren
sovereign - souverän
holding up - überfallend
afar - in der Ferne; Afar, Danakil
most tender - zarteste
thankful - dankbar
goodwill - guter Wille; ideeller Unternehmenswert
transported - transportiert; transportieren, befördern, Beförderung
gestures - Gesten; Geste, Gebärde, Geste, gestikulieren
In Fenchurch Street a ‘fair child, in costly apparel,’ stood on a stage to welcome his Majesty to the city. The last verse of his greeting was in these words-
stage - Stufe, Etappe, Bühne
verse - Strophe
‘Welcome, O King! as much as hearts can think;
Welcome, again, as much as tongue can tell,-
Welcome to joyous tongues, and hearts that will not shrink:
shrink - Psychiater; schrumpfen, abnehmen, drücken
God thee preserve, we pray, and wish thee ever well.’
The people burst forth in a glad shout, repeating with one voice what the child had said. Tom Canty gazed abroad over the surging sea of eager faces, and his heart swelled with exultation; and he felt that the one thing worth living for in this world was to be a king, and a nation’s idol. Presently he caught sight, at a distance, of a couple of his ragged Offal Court comrades-one of them the lord high admiral in his late mimic court, the other the first lord of the bedchamber in the same pretentious fiction; and his pride swelled higher than ever. Oh, if they could only recognise him now!
surging - wogend; (surge); Aufwallung, Schwall, Welle, Woge, Überspannung
swelled - angeschwollen; Schwellen
exultation - Jubel
idol - Idol, Götze
pretentious - prätentiös
fiction - Fiktion, Belletristik, Erfindung
What unspeakable glory it would be, if they could recognise him, and realise that the derided mock king of the slums and back alleys was become a real King, with illustrious dukes and princes for his humble menials, and the English world at his feet! But he had to deny himself, and choke down his desire, for such a recognition might cost more than it would come to: so he turned away his head, and left the two soiled lads to go on with their shoutings and glad adulations, unsuspicious of whom it was they were lavishing them upon.
unspeakable - unaussprechlich
realise - realisieren; erfassen, (Gewinn) erzielen, zu Geld machen
Dukes - Herzog, Großherzog, Grossherzog
menials - Dienstboten; untergeordnet, nieder, niedrig
choke - erwürgen, erdrosseln, ersticken, überwältigen
adulations - Schmeicheleien; Lobhudelei, Vergötterung
unsuspicious - unverdächtig
lavishing - freigiebig, verschwenderisch, überreich, üppig, verschleudern
Every now and then rose the cry, "A largess! a largess!" and Tom responded by scattering a handful of bright new coins abroad for the multitude to scramble for.